YOUR HORSE’S CARE VET NOTES | ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
MEET THE EXPERT
LUCINDA TICEHURST BSc BVMED Sci Hons BVM BVS MRCVS founded LT Equine Veterinary Services in 2020 having graduated from Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science in 2014. Based in Northamptonshire, LT Equine is a first-opinion, ambulatory equine veterinary practice. Lucinda is passionate about all things equestrian and currently owns five horses who she trains and competes in a variety of disciplines, including point-topoint racing and side saddle. For more information, visit LTequinevet.co.uk
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VET notes
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
• How antibiotics work
• What resistance is and why it has become a global problem
• The gold standard of antibiotic use
WHAT IS AN antibiotic? It is a type of medication that is used to treat bacterial infections, which, in effect, makes it sound like the miracle drug that it truly is, but extensive use and overuse over decades has seen resistance to antibiotics rise to dangerously high levels and today vets have to exercise extreme caution when prescribing them.
But how does such a drug work? By either killing bacteria or inhibiting their growth, thereby helping the horse’s immune system to overcome the
