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  • Your Horse

    A bit of a mouthful

    Dec 09, 2021 5 minutes

    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.

    DESPITE YOUR BEST efforts, sometimes you must resort to giving drugs as a homemade paste using a syringe when administering medication to horses. Some drugs, for example wormers, are sold in paste form only. In part one, I discussed how best to give horses medication in their feed, and shared tricks to disguise it well (Your Horse, Spring 2021). However, it won’t always work.

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