Veterinary syringe, having a main body, which comprises a syringe cylinder, having a front dispensing end and a rear end, for receiving fluid to be dispensed, a plunger rod, which has a front end portion with a plunger, which is arranged displaceably along a displacement direction in the syringe cylinder, and a rear end portion, which is positioned outside the syringe cylinder, a handle, which has a front gripping part on the main body and a rear gripping part, which is fastened pivotably to the front gripping part, and a metering device for setting the fluid volume to be dispensed, wherein the rear end portion of the plunger rod is fastened pivotably to the rear gripping part such that, by pivoting of the rear gripping part in the direction of the main body, the plunger rod, and therefore the plunger, is moved in the syringe cylinder to the front dispensing end in order to dispense fluid present in the syringe cylinder, wherein the metering device is arranged on the main body and provides an adjustable front stop for the plunger rod, said stop defining a minimum distance between the plunger and the front dispensing end, that can be reached when the plunger is moved in the syringe cylinder to the front dispensing end, wherein the adjustable front stop of the metering device can be brought into at least two predetermined setting positions, in which the position of the front stop in the displacement direction differs, and therefore, by means of the setting of one of the setting positions, the maximum stroke of the plunger rod, and therefore the maximum fluid volume which can be dispensed, can be set, characterized in that the rear end portion of the plunger rod is fastened pivotably to the rear gripping part such that a relative pivoting movement between the plunger rod and the rear gripping part is the only possible relative movement between the plunger rod and the rear gripping part, wherein the plunger rod is guided in such a manner that the plunger is displaceable in the syringe cylinder only along the displacement direction, and wherein the plunger rod is provided with such elasticity that a movement component transversely with respect to the displacement direction occurring at the rear end portion of the plunger rod when the rear gripping part is pivoted towards the front gripping part is compensated for by bending of the plunger rod. a main body, which comprises a syringe cylinder, having a front dispensing end and a rear end, for receiving fluid to be dispensed, a plunger rod, which has a front end portion with a plunger, which is arranged displaceably along a displacement direction in the syringe cylinder, and a rear end portion, which is positioned outside the syringe cylinder, a handle, which has a front gripping part on the main body and a rear gripping part, which is fastened pivotably to the front gripping part, and a metering device for setting the fluid volume to be dispensed, wherein the rear end portion of the plunger rod is fastened pivotably to the rear gripping part such that, by pivoting of the rear gripping part in the direction of the main body, the plunger rod, and therefore the plunger, is moved in the syringe cylinder to the front dispensing end in order to dispense fluid present in the syringe cylinder, wherein the metering device is arranged on the main body and provides an adjustable front stop for the plunger rod, said stop defining a minimum distance between the plunger and the front dispensing end, that can be reached when the plunger is moved in the syringe cylinder to the front dispensing end, wherein the adjustable front stop of the metering device can be brought into at least two predetermined setting positions, in which the position of the front stop in the displacement direction differs, and therefore, by means of the setting of one of the setting positions, the maximum stroke of the plunger rod, and therefore the maximum fluid volume which can be dispensed, can be set, characterized in that the rear end portion of the plunger rod is fastened pivotably to the rear gripping part such that a relative pivoting movement between the plunger rod and the rear gripping part is the only possible relative movement between the plunger rod and the rear gripping part, wherein the plunger rod is guided in such a manner that the plunger is displaceable in the syringe cylinder only along the displacement direction, and wherein the plunger rod is provided with such elasticity that a movement component transversely with respect to the displacement direction occurring at the rear end portion of the plunger rod when the rear gripping part is pivoted towards the front gripping part is compensated for by bending of the plunger rod.