CHAPTER XXII 



VETERINARY MEDICINES 

 THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICINES 



There are several methods of giving medicine to animals. 

 The methods commonly followed are the following: By way of 

 the mouth, as a drench, or in the feed or drink; by injection under 



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the skin or into a vein with a hypodermic syringe; by rubbing 

 into the skin, as a blister; by injection into the rectum as an 

 enema. 

 Quickest results are obtained from medicines administered 



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