Bovilene-Fenprostolene for Treatment of Retained Placenta-Metritis Complex in Early Postpartum Cows

Abstract

For many years veterinarians have searched for an effective way to treat retained placentas and postpartum metritis. Many remedies have been used and many have gone by the wayside. In the 70's the prevailing approach was the volume uterine treatment (VUT) infusion of various formulations. It replaced the insertion of boluses in the uterus approach used prior to VUT. In the 1980's most practitioners finally settled on tetracycline in the uterus as the drug of choice after Olsen's work that was presented at the Oklahoma City AABP in 1983.