On the use of oxytetracycline in reducing the incidence of metritis in dairy cows.
50 dairy cows were alternately either given no perinatal treatment or were given an intramuscular injection of oxytetracycline in a 2-pyrrolidone base at a dosage rate of 20 mg/kg body mass. The incidence of metritis in the untreated (control) group was 46 out of 120 cows (38,3%), while in the treated group there were 30 metritis cows out of 130 (23%)--a statistically significant difference.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003612:Dairying; D004716:Endometritis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D010118:Oxytetracycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy
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