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yesterday my pony fell on the road and cut one of his hocks (incident due to a speeding car driver grrr).

i called the vet and within 2 hours of the accident he recieved an large antibiotics injections, he was not lame and vet said i was lucky it was not that deep. so now he is on two sachets of antibiotics a day for five days plus alu-spray on the wound. he lives out and vet said best to keep out him out as it moving will help prevent him for becoming stiff.

however today i looked at the leaflet that came with the antibiotics and it said one sachet a day for a 500k horse - now my pony is 400k and is on two sachets a day so do you think the vet has made a mistake? he has definately written one sachet twice a day on the antibiotics box.

i don't want my pony to have an antibiotics overdose! my vets are equine vets and very experienced but it was a saturday late afternoon call out so he may have been tired and vets are only human and could make a mistake - i don't want to call the vets and question it if it is normal procedure to give larger doses than on the packet.
 
When my 2 have had anti-biotics they have had 1 sachet twice a day however they are heavier than yours (around 560kg and 600kg). But even other smaller horses on the yard have also been prescribed 2 sachets a day. Only very small ponies have ever been told to split a single sachet.

With your horse's cut being on the hock, it could be that your vet wants to treat aggressively with antibiotics to ensure that the infection doesn't travel/get in to the joint.

Best thing you can do is give the vet a ring and clarify the exact dose to use. I had to ring my vets the first time mine got antibiotics as like you, I read the box and it said 1 sachet a day and I didn't want to overdose them.

Hope your horse recovers soon.
 
TMPS is usually prescribed as 1 sachet am and pm tho the box does say i sachet per day per 500kg horse. TMPS is broad spectrum antibiotic and not very strong, and as oral is often not fully eaten up or injested. so vets usually prescribe 2 sachets per day esp if a joint is in the equation. hope your horse recovers soon. i agree with being out and keeping him moving as he wont get stiff and reduces the risk of the injury becoming filled and tight. keep the wound site cleaned and sprayed,dont pick the scab!
 
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