B610
Oral Paste Administration

 

First, rinse the horse’s mouth out with a large syringe and water. This will help remove debris that may cause the paste to fall out of the mouth.

 

Each paste has markings to help with proper dosage. In this case, each line indicates one gram of bute. The wheel is used to control the amount of paste administered.

 

 

The tube can then be inserted into the cheek area of the mouth and the desired amount of paste administered on the tongue. Because they may burn the mouth, it is important that some pastes do not remain in the cheek pouch. It is often helpful to turn the tube horizontally in the horse’s mouth, on top of the tongue. This causes the horse to lick and swallow, keeping the paste in the mouth. A video of this procedure can be found below.

 

 

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