Equine Journal Club - March 2026

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* 1. What is your first name?

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* 2. What is your last name?

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* 3. What is your email address?

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* 4. Previous studies comparing various durations of SAP (surgical, antimicrobial (AMD) prophylaxis) have been performed. Except for the study comparing pre- and intra-operative vs 3 days of antimicrobials, __.

All studies found that longer treatment with AMDs was beneficial

None of the studies found a significant difference in any of the clinical outcomes.

All of the studies found microbial resistance to be a non-issue.

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* 5. For this study, what was NOT an exclusion criterion

Intraperitoneal or peri-incisional AMD (antimicrobial) administration

Azotemia

>20 years old

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* 6. In this study, 10 (7%) of horses had catheter-associated complications, which were associated with ___.

Bodyweight, IV fluid rate, IV fluid duration

Age, AMD treatment duration, IV catheter type

Surgeon experience, IV fluid type, breed

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* 7. This study examined the effect of hospitalization and different durations of SAP (surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis) on the equine fecal microbiome and resistome. What was found to be the most important driver of microbiome change?

Hospitalization itself

Type of surgery

Postoperative diet

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* 8. This study suggested what length of SAP (surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis) is preferable, with similar rates of PO (postoperative) complications and better microbiome/resistome outcomes?

5 days

72 hours

24 hours