The effect of a single administration of parenteral oxytetracycline and flunixin meglumine combination on the reproductive performance of dairy cows with subclinical endometritis

Authors : Çağatay TEK, Ahmet SABUNCU, Serkan İKİZ, Funda BAĞCIGİL, Mehmet Can GÜNDÜZ

Pages : 319-325

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study explored the effects of a single administration of flunixin meglumine insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(acting as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug); and oxytetracycline combination on the reproductive performance of cows diagnosed with subclinical endometritis during the postpartum period. Cows aged 3 to 9 at 40 to 60 days postpartum were studied. Endometrial samples were collected from cows that had a uterine cornu insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(middle of the cornu); width of greater than 3.5 cm in the ultrasonographic examination, and 40 cows diagnosed with subclinical endometritis were included in the study. Cows in group 1 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n = 20); received a single dose of 20 mg of flunixin meglumine and 300 mg of oxytetracycline IM per 10 kg of body weight, whereas the cows in group 2 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n = 20); served as controls and were administered placebo simultaneously with the animals in group 1. Following the application, cows in both groups were artificially inseminated during the first detected heat. Twenty-five percent of cows in the control group and 55% of cows in the treatment group conceived. As a consequence, it was concluded that clinical and subclinical endometritis causes delays in conception or embryonic deaths in cows, and that a single IM administration of oxytetracycline + flunixin meglumine to cows with subclinical endometritis may yield favourable results in enhancing the pregnancy rate.
Keywords : Turk J Vet Anim Sci 2010, 34 319 325 Turk J Vet Anim Sci, vol 34, iss 4