horse with wounds / by Ass. Safwan Al-Hulue

Place: Karm Al-Zaitoun ( villages of Homs )

Date: July 2006

Owner: Sakher Abou Ahmad

Animal: horse / ♂ / 7 years.

Case : wounds in the front left leg due to the falling down.

On one of the mobile clinic rounds during July 2006 to Homs about 50 km. from Hama. SPANA team treated Horse , 7 years old. The owner is a crier. He used his horse in transporting the cab of vegetable to sell it. He said that the horse fell down during his work and was infected with few wounds in his front left leg. the treatment began by giving the horse painkiller. The wounds were cleaned with water and soap, and it was sterilized . then it was anointed with zinc oxide. The horse was given 3000 I.U. of antitetanus , 3 doses of antibiotic for 3 days and proper dose of vitamin. The owner was advised to keep his animal in clean place . the treatment continued for 4 weeks until the complete recovery.

Cost of treatment:

1. vitamin = £ 2.5
2. oint.+sterilizers+medical gauze = £ 5.00
3. painkillers = £ 6.5