Infection rates in contaminated surgical procedures: a comparison of prophylactic treatment for one day or four days.
Eighty-three calves with a complicated umbilical hernia were included in a randomised prospective study. The frequency of wound infection was compared in two groups. The first group received antibiotics for one day, the second group for four days. The infection rate in calves receiving antibiotics for one day was 25 per cent compared with 8 per cent in calves treated for four days (P less than 0.05). Male calves were more susceptible to infection than female calves.
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Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of General and Large Animal Surgery, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001835:Body Weight; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D004096:Dihydrostreptomycin Sulfate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011292:Premedication / Q000662:veterinary; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D013997:Time Factors
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000667:Ampicillin; D010400:Penicillin G; D004096:Dihydrostreptomycin Sulfate