A clinical trial on the effect of prostaglandin F2 alpha on placental expulsion in dairy cattle after caesarean operation.
One hundred and thirty dairy cattle that had undergone a caesarean operation because of dystocia were assigned either to a treatment group, receiving 25 mg dinoprost (synthetic prostaglandin F2 alpha) or to a control group, receiving 5 ml saline solution, administered intramuscularly after removal of the calf and reposition of the closed uterus into the abdominal cavity. In 52 of 65 (80.0 per cent) prostaglandin-treated animals and in 38 of 65 (58.5 per cent) control animals the complete placenta was expelled within 12 hours. This difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05).
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University of Zürich, Veterinary College, Switzerland.
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000662:veterinary*; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004420:Dystocia / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular / Q000662:veterinary; D010920:Placenta / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D013997:Time Factors
D015237:Dinoprost