Management Of Retained Placenta In Large Southern California Dairy Herds

Abstract

Retention of the fetal membranes after twenty-four hours post partum is a condition that leads to the most confusing array of treatments known to many large animal veterinarians. Our practice in Chino, California has developed a protocal for the management of placental
retention that at least the majority of veterinarians in our practice agree upon. One of the major factors behind the development of this
protocol is our large average herd size, approximately four hundred cows milking. This leads to a generally more sophisticated clientele capable of handling the majority of routine problems encountered on the dairy.