Car accident

This mare was rushed to the hospital as an out of hours emergency a few weeks ago, after sustaining an injury during a car accident. She had a huge wound between her leg and chest wall. There are lots of vital arteries and nerves near to the wound and this mare was extremely lucky not to have sustained any injury to these.

The wound when the mare first arrived at the hospital.

The area was cleaned and she was admitted for antibiotics and pain relief. The wound has had to be cleaned every day and we have been using honey on the wound.

A very difficult place to keep a bandage on a horse! Luckily the patient is very compliant.

The wound a few weeks afterwards, healing well.

Thanks to all our supporters who have helped, by either donating money to keep ACE running or by donating bandaging materials. Your help ensures working animals like this mare have somewhere to go to get important veterinary attention.