title: Effect of flunixin meglumine on Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin-induced diarrhea in calves.
abstract: In a study to evaluate the effect of flunixin meglumine on secretory diarrhea, 11 calves were assigned to 3 groups: group 1 (n = 3) served as controls, group-2 calves (n = 4) were given 2.2 mg of flunixin meglumine/kg, IM at 7 AM and 3 PM, and group-3 calves (n = 4) were given 2.2 mg of flunixin meglumine/kg, IM at 7 AM, 11 AM, and 3 PM. All calves were given approximately 200 micrograms of heat-stable Escherichia coli enterotoxin (STa) orally at 8 AM. Mean cumulative fecal output for groups 1, 2, and 3 was 1,331.0 +/- 317.2 g, 1,544.3 +/- 154.4 g, and 785.5 +/- 276.5 g, respectively. There was a significant (P less than 0.05) reduction in mean fecal output in group-3 calves, compared with that in groups 1 and 2. Calves in group 2 tended to have a delay, but not a reduction, in their fecal output. At 12 hours, hemoconcentration was significantly (P less than 0.05) greater in group-1 calves than in group-2 or group-3 calves.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003002:Clonixin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008297:Male; D009539:Nicotinic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D009539:Nicotinic Acids; C034151:heat stable toxin (E coli); C014558:flunixin meglumine; D003002:Clonixin