Utilization of the reticular groove contraction in adult cattle

A therapeutical alternative for the practitioner?

Authors

  • H. Sholz Klinik für Rinderkrankheiten, Bischofsholer Damm 15, D-3000 Hanover 1, F.R. of Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no23p148-152

Keywords:

Blood chemistry, cattle diseases, Diarrhoea, Hormones, Ketosis, Reticular groove, Vasopressin

Abstract

Investigations carried out on cattle suffering from diarrhea (n=36) and on dairy cows suffering from primary ketosis (n=23) showed that efficacy of oral treatment could be much improved by premedication with vasopressin (40 IU/per animal). Clinical parameters (e.g. feed intake, general appearance of feces, milk yield) as well as accessory clinical parameters (e.g. Na, K, pH, BE or [beta]-HBS respectively, NEFA, total bilirubin, ASAT) were found to improve much faster and more steadily than after usual treatment.

Cover image of the 23rd Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: a view of Stampede Park in downtown Calgary framed by one curving wing of the Scotiabank Saddledome.

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Published

1988-11-01

Issue

No. 23 (1988 November)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Utilization of the reticular groove contraction in adult cattle: A therapeutical alternative for the practitioner?. (1988). The Bovine Practitioner, 23, 148-152. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no23p148-152