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Next morning, in a region where the death toll from parasitic infections among horses is second only to the consequences of extreme dzud conditions in wintertime, our mobile-vet arrives with one of the vehicles that makes possible the delivery of our veterinary service to several thousand herders. They then corral their horses to prepare them for treatment. Time now to meet the horses - and their owners.

As the herds come together, the herders get them into a 'cavalry' style lineout, then one herder (on left) leads them in toward the pen. The existing line then turns, keeping the line, to follow with other herder-owners watching their mounts carefully. As the horses near the pen, the line breaks but only after the herders have flanked the operation. Then in they go (right) down this reinforced trackway into the holding area.

Here we see them being brought into one of the treatment enclosures from all points of the compass...............and into the pens they go.
For the younger, healthier horses, a mouth drench (picture right) is the preferred form of administering the parasiticide.

Soon the horses settle down and the foals seek their mothers milk-bar, for quenching a thirst and reassurance.
And our Operations Manager - Batsaa (right) - helps out with a little tlc by holding a foal while its mother is treated by one of the vets responsible for thetreatment programme in this area, one of many he will be dealing with in the coming weeks.

For the younger horses, a mouth drench is the preferred form of administering the parasiticide, although they seem not to prefer it! But the benefits to their health are considerable, by not only killing internal parasites, but also reducing cross-infection to horses and other animals from otherwise infected droppings - one of the main causes of the spread of parasites.