The best treatment for any abscess or collection of pus is ... antibiotic therapy can be started just before or after the incision and drainage while awaiting specific culture reports.

The most common reason for non weight bearing lameness in horses is a sub solar abscess ... That way after surgery we can easily apply a shoe with a treatment plate to protect that area as ...

In the case described in the Equine Veterinary Education Journal, x-rays and hoof testers were not able to predict the location of a subsolar abscess in this horse's foot ...

Metronidazole (and other nitroimidazole derivatives) is effective in the treatment ... Aspiration of the abscess might be necessary in some cases. The need for open surgical drainage has decreased ...

The length of the incision will depend upon the width and depth of the abscess. Generally, incision is made through most of the width of the abscess. Once skin incision is made, drainage is done ...