Medication Administration

Question 1

If you wanted to mix a medication into the feed how would you do it?

Answer 1

Mix with a handful of feed and a binder and feed them out of your hand

Question 2

What is the biggest threat to the horse with an IV injection

Answer 2

Hitting the carotid they’ll seizure

Blood will come squirting out

Question 3

What size needle do you use for an IV injection

Answer 3

18g 1.5inch needle

Question 4

Where are you putting an IM injection in the horse?

What are the limited volumes?

Answer 4

Neck - ventral to ligamentum nuchae, dorsal to lateral process of cervical vert, leading edge of shoulder (triangle) **limited volume 10-15cc
or
hind end (semimem semi tendinosis) below tuber ischia, above gastroc, outside thigh
**volume limit 15-20cc but you can have two sites in the same limb

Question 5

What are the consequences of a peri-vascular injection

Answer 5

Neuro dysfunction
Sloughing–infection, septic thrombophlebitis
Inflammation
Fibrosis

Question 6

When administering an oral medication where in the horses mouth do you want to put it?

Answer 6

Diastema