Treatment of Postpartum Metritis In Dairy Cows Caused by Actinomyces Pyogenes

Authors

  • C. J. Callahan Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906
  • L. A. Horstman Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1993no27p162-165

Keywords:

postpartum metritis

Abstract

Three treatments (oxytetracycline infusions, prostaglandin injections, and no treatment) were applied to Holstein cows with postpartum metritis from which A pyogenes had been isolated from the uterus. Gross involution was not different between groups, but oxytetracycline infusions significantly reduced (P <0. 005) the incidence of A pyogenes infected uteri. Numbers were too small to pass judgement on fertility between groups, but when all groups were combined fertility was definitely reduced.

Cover image of the 27th Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: a photo of Dr. Harold E. Amstutz, retirein AABP Executive Vice President. Dr. Amstutz is an elderly white man in a crisp suit and tie, smiling at the camera.

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Published

2019-08-09

How to Cite

Callahan, C. J., & Horstman, L. A. (2019). Treatment of Postpartum Metritis In Dairy Cows Caused by Actinomyces Pyogenes. The Bovine Practitioner, 1993(27), 162–165. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1993no27p162-165

Issue

No. 27 (1993 September)

Section

Articles