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MEET THE EXPERT
DR KIERAN O’BRIEN MA MVB(Hons) PhD MRCVS worked as a clinician and lecturer at the University of Bristol before joining Penbode Equine Vets in Devon 20 years ago. His special interests are respiratory and skin disorders, and pre-purchase examinations. He has been team vet for British and Irish endurance teams and officiated at many international events.
WHEN YOUR VET gives you medication to put in your horse’s feed, he or she makes several assumptions. First, that you will mix it thoroughly with a feed you know your horse likes; second, that you will ensure the horse eats all of each dose in one sitting with little or no waste; third, that you will continue to monitor how well the horse eats the feed each time; and, finally, that you will watch for any adverse effects, such as diarrhoea.
My experience as a practising vet
