Use in the routine castrate

Although castration is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in equine practice [1,2] it carries with it a high complication rate, most notably scrotal swelling and incisional infection. Studies have reported postoperative complications rates as high as 22.3% [3], even though all horses were administered a 5-day course of broad-spectrum prophylactic antibiotics. More recently it has been identified that perioperative administration of antimicrobials must play a role in decreasing postoperative inflammation [4], with horses administered perioperative penicillin having a significantly lower postoperative serum amyloid A (SAA) than those horses administered no antimicrobials; however, it must be worth noting that this study found no further correlation with horses then developing signs of postoperative infection ...