TY - JOUR AU - Callahan, C. J. AU - Horstman, L. A. PY - 2019/08/09 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Treatment of Postpartum Metritis In Dairy Cows Caused by Actinomyces Pyogenes JF - The Bovine Practitioner JA - Bov. pract. VL - 1993 IS - 27 SE - Articles DO - 10.21423/bovine-vol1993no27p162-165 UR - https://bovine-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/bovine/article/view/424 SP - 162-165 AB - <p>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 &lt;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.</p> ER -