--- In [email protected], Anneliese Virro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > . > > Stand to the side and clean the place with and alcohol swab. (I know many > vets don't do this but I think the rubbing distracts the horse and the > alcohol prevents injection abscess.) Then take the needle off the syringe > and flick it in - the quicker the better. If no blood comes out you're fine, > attach the syringe and and squeeze it off.
This is the way I give shots now, but my vet told me that the alcohol can actually cause abscesses if it gets under the skin, he told me I could use the alcohol if I wanted to though:) Kim
