Anesthesizing the Horse
First, the operating room is prepared. It must be
extremely clean and all of the surgical instruments are sterilized.
Before anyone enters the room they must either put on "scrubs" or a
surgery gown. Everyone must also put on a mask and a cap.
All of
this is done to keep germs from infecting the horse. |
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The horse is given a tranquilizer which calms the
horse and is then brought into the anesthesia room so he/she can be
put to sleep for the operation.
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The tranquilized horse is then positioned in a
special part of the anesthesia room that has padded walls.
The wall
on the right can be tightened against the horse with ropes so that
the horse is held up when he/she falls asleep.
The horse is then
given a drug to make him/her sleep, and the padded wall prevents the
horse from getting hurt as he/she falls asleep. If the wall was not
there, the horse would fall down quickly and might get hurt. |
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The doctor holds the horse's head up as the horse
goes to sleep, which occurs in just a few minutes. |
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When the horse falls asleep, the doctors and
assistants lay the horse down gently. |
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