Horse with facial laceration

• Medical history: No significant medical history.


• Surgical history: None


• Medications: None


• Allergies: No known allergies.


• Family history: None


• Social history: Colt lives on pasture with other weanlings near the same age. Weanlings in this age group have received 2 of 3 initial doses of their core vaccinations for eastern/western equine encephalitis, rabies, tetanus, and West Nile virus.

Photograph of laceration at time of veterinarian’s examination: