ceftiofur and Joint-Diseases

A 13-year-old broodmare was referred for weight loss and left facial nerve paralysis. Bilateral temporohyoid osteoarthropathy was diagnosed based on proliferation of the temporohyoid joints and stylohyoid bones on radiographs and guttural pouch endoscopy. The left side was more severely affected. Treatment resulted in little or no improvement.

Topics: Animals; Bone Diseases; Cephalosporins; Diagnosis, Differential; Endoscopy; Facial Nerve Diseases; Facial Paralysis; Female; Horse Diseases; Horses; Hyoid Bone; Joint Diseases; Pregnancy; Prognosis; Radiography; Temporal Bone

The use of Sodium-Ceftiofur (Excenel) with a dosage regimen of 1 mg/kg body mass intramuscularly was evaluated in the therapy of complicated claw diseases, like septic arthritis of the distal interphalangeal joint, septic tenosynovitis of the digital flexor tendon sheath or complicated interdigital necrosis. Sodium-Ceftiofur was applied in 34 dairy cattle in addition to surgical intervention. 14 cattle of the control group perceived only surgical intervention without additional antibiotic therapy. Application of the cephalosporin proved to be necessary, with the untreated animals exhibiting far more disturbance of the reconvalescence course in the postoperative phase. Treated animals had a decreasing duration of the postoperative stay at the clinic. Sodium-Ceftiofur was found to be an effective antibiotic in the therapy, an application over a five- to 10-day-period is recommended in complicated digital diseases. As a side effect five cows exhibited slight diarrhea, which disappeared without additional treatment.

Topics: Animals; Arthritis, Infectious; Cattle; Cattle Diseases; Cephalosporins; Combined Modality Therapy; Female; Hoof and Claw; Joint Diseases; Nail Diseases; Sepsis