https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/clinical-discussions/24413/equine-question Does anybody know when food should be removed prior to surgery for a horse? en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/149780?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:23:44 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:87244447-2ca2-41df-8c4b-ba596726fc52SuzyM<p>We feed as normal the night before and remove any remaining food at 6am for morning surgery, for afternoon surgery we give a small breakfast and token amount of hay, then nothing more.&nbsp; They normally have free access to water up until surgery.&nbsp; It also depends on the type of surgery; for GI surgery, we would fast them for longer (no food for 18 - 24 hrs, no water for 8 - 10hrs).</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/149749?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:27:02 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:25a07dfa-ca84-485f-a7e2-f03eda9b8247cat123<p>we remove food from 10pm for the next morning surgery, if a pm surgery we reduce the food overnight and no food given in the morning x</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>