Equine Patient Care

Question 1

Where do you do an IM neck injection on a horse?

Answer 1

Above the cervical spine and to the left of the scapula on the left side of the horse

Question 2

Which places can you do an IM injection on a horse?

Answer 2

Neck and rump

Question 3

Where do you do an IM rump injection on a horse?

Answer 3

At the intersection of 2 lines:
- From the top of the rump to the pin bone
- From the dock to the point of the hip bone

Question 4

Where can you give IV injections to a horse?

Answer 4

Jugular vein

Question 5

Where can you give SQ injections to horses?

Answer 5

You don’t - local anaesthetic is the exception

Question 6

What is the exception to not giving horses SQ injections?

Answer 6

Local anaesthetic

Question 7

How to we measure heart rate on a horse?

Answer 7

Line up your hand along the shoulder and place on the chest wall

Question 8

Can you listen to a horses heart from both sides?

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

What would you do if there was blood when drawing back after the first half of fluid had been given in an IM penicillin horse injection?

Answer 9

Put the horse in a low stimulus environment for 10-20 minutes