What happens if you get penicillin in horses blood?

Answer 1

Many medications come in a variety of forms, requiring a different application for each. Penicillin can be taken orally, (by mouth) IM (inter muscular), or IV (in vein). As long as you use the IV medication as opposed to the others there is no problem.

Answer 2

If penicillin is accidentally injected into a horse's bloodstream they will have a seizure. Horse seizures are very dramatic and scary. Horse's have been known to break legs or seriously injure themselves in different ways during a seizure resulting in euthanasia later. Most horses survive a penicillin accident so long as they do not injure themselves beyond repair.

ALWAYS aspirate back on the syringe. If you aspirate back and there is no blood, you may go ahead and inject the penicillin, BUT if the needle moves you should ALWAYS aspirate again. If you think the needle may have moved but are unsure then remove and try another spot to ensure that you are not in a blood vessel.

If you hit a blood vessel by accident and your horse flips over and starts having a seizure, ensure that you quickly remove all objects that may potentially hurt your horse. As I said before, seizures in horses are scary. They will continually try to stand up and fall over. STAY OUT OF YOUR HORSE'S WAY if this happens. You could possible be seriously hurt.

Answer 3

You give a horse penicillin if it has an injury or infection. Some horses can have a reaction in which case they could die.