Treatment of tetanus in the horse by injections of tetanus antitoxin into the subarachnoid space.
In 40 horses with tetanus, large doses of tetanus antitoxin (TAT) were injected into the subarachnoid space. In all the horses that recovered, the disease stabilized immediately after the injection. The results (77.5% recovery) were much better than in a previous series of horses with tetanus (50% recovery), in which TAT was injected either intravenously, intramuscularly, or in the epidural space.
D000818:Animals; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006736:Horses; D007267:Injections; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D010406:Penicillins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013346:Subarachnoid Space; D013742:Tetanus / Q000662:veterinary*; D013743:Tetanus Antitoxin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010406:Penicillins; D013743:Tetanus Antitoxin