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Hold the vaccine syringe in your left hand, and stand on the left side of the horse. Hold the delivery device by the syringe, just below the Luer lock mechanism. Place your right hand on the horse's face just above the level of the nostrils. Place your right thumb just on top of the horse's left nostril opening. Use your thumb to keep the nostril wide while inserting the applicator. Use a smooth even motion to insert the applicator into the ventral nasal meatus. Spray the vaccine using one steady motion of the syringe plunger, and not too fast. It should be given approximately over a 1second time frame. Smoothly pull the device straight out of the horse's nose. Hold the horse's head slightly higher than parallel to the ground for 30 seconds. This helps coat the mucosal surfaces and reduces the potential for some of the vaccine to drip out of the nose. Sometimes a few drops will fall out and that appears not to interfere with the effectiveness of the vaccine. Also, it is common to see a little residue of the vaccine solution still in the nasal applicator device. This is normal and does not interfere with the vaccine effectiveness if most of the vaccine was delivered correctly.
Following are some do's and don'ts to remember for intranasal vaccine administration.