Induction of parturition in cattle using dexamethasone and cloprostenol: economic performance and disease incidence after treatment.
Details are given of clinical management and disease problems associated with the routine induction of parturition on a herd basis, as well as the veterinary costs involved. A review of the economic performance of cows calved by this method is made and some guidelines laid down as to the conditions under which such a technique could be used as a management tool.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000502:physiology*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003008:Cloprostenol; D003612:Dairying / Q000191:economics; D003907:Dexamethasone; D004716:Endometritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000662:veterinary*; D007774:Lactation; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000453:epidemiology; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D011247:Pregnancy; D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic
D011461:Prostaglandins F, Synthetic; D003008:Cloprostenol; D003907:Dexamethasone