Medication - Why and When Do I Use Drugs In Equine Dentistry?
Posted by Geoff Tucker on Mon, Jul 06, 2009
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Drugs are given when the horse asks for them. This allows the horse to cooperate with a painful procedure. This includes wolf tooth extraction, fractured tooth removal, and routine floating. If the horse needs pain relief, it not only is ethical, but it allows for the completion of the float which is what you are paying for. With horsemanship applied, I find that about 1 in 10 horses need medication.
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