Building an Equine First-Aid Kit

Keep a first-aid kit for your horse in your tack room. You can use a lunch pail or fishing tackle box to hold everything, and you should keep a smaller version in your saddlebag if you take your horse on trail rides. The following are the necessities of a basic first-aid kit for your horse; you can easily compile this yourself.

• Antibiotic ointment

• Antiseptic cleanser

• Bandages

• Cotton sheets or quilted wraps

• Duct tape

• Flexible bandages

• Gauze pads

• Hand sanitizer

• Lubricant

• Pocket knife

• Rectal thermometer

• Rubbing alcohol

• Scissors

• Tweezers

• Wound medication