oxytetracycline--anhydrous and Uterine-Diseases

Topics: Animals; Cattle; Cattle Diseases; Chloramphenicol; Endometrium; Estrus; Female; Fertilization; Inflammation; Insemination, Artificial; Ovulation; Oxytetracycline; Penicillin G Procaine; Penicillins; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Sulfonamides; Time Factors; Uterine Diseases

Topics: Animals; Cattle; Cattle Diseases; Estrogens; Estrus; Female; Inflammation; Injections; Iodine; Milk; Oxytetracycline; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Sulfonamides; Uterine Diseases; Uterus

This study outlines a new approach to reproductive tract treatment using ozone foam spray for certain ovine obstetrical problems, such as retained foetal membranes and possible uterine infections following obstetric assistance (OA), in comparison with classical antibiotics treatments. The study was conducted on 256 ewes from 11 sheep farms in north-western Croatia. A total of 139 ewes were diagnosed with dystocia (DT) and 49 with retention of placenta (RP). Ewes with RP were treated either with ozone foam spray (Riger spray G; Novagen(®) ) applied into the body of the uterus for 2-3 s (first or RPO group; n = 24) or with two foaming, intrauterine tablets of oxytetracycline hydrochloride (Geomycin(®) F) (second or RPA group; n = 25). The third and fourth groups consisted of ewes that received OA for dystocia (including ringwomb, foetal oversize and assistance of abnormal position and posture). The third group (DTO; n = 70) was treated with ozone foam spray, while ewes in fourth group (DTA; n = 69) were treated with antibiotics. The ewes in the control group (CTL) with physiological puerperium were randomly selected (n = 70) from all herds. Transrectal ultrasonography (transversal diameter of uterine horns) was used for the control of uterus regression on days 2 and 25 after parturition. There was a difference in transversal uterine horn diameter in the RP groups, that is RPO and RPA (5.40 ± 0.53 cm vs. 5.43 ± 0.40 cm), ewes with dystocia, that is DTO and DTA (5.37 ± 0.49 cm vs. 5.54 ± 0.60 cm) and ewes from the CTL group (4.98 ± 0.35 cm) one day after parturition. Average transversal uterine diameter of all groups at day 25 post-partum was 1.80 ± 0.15 cm. The intrauterine ozone treatment in ewes with RP and after manual obstetrics attained similar results to spontaneously delivered ewes (CTL group), showed as the physiological regression of the uterus with a similar transversal diameter without the presence of lochia in the uterine lumen, indicating that this could be a novel potential alternative therapy.

Topics: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Dystocia; Female; Oxytetracycline; Ozone; Placenta, Retained; Pregnancy; Sheep; Sheep Diseases; Uterine Diseases

Forty cows between day 1 and day 21 post-calving were examined for the presence of postpartum metritis in a dairy herd that had recently experienced an increase in metritis and that had previously tested positive against bovine herpes virus 4 (BoHV-4) by various methods. Antibodies against BoHV-4 were detected in sera from 15 of 22 cows. For the virological study, uterine swab samples of 22 cows with metritis were used and tested for BoHV-4 using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), virus isolation (VI), and immunofluorescence techniques. Twenty-two point seven per cent (5/22) of the vaginal discharge samples obtained from cows with metritis were found positive for BoHV-4 DNA by PCR. All of these samples were also positive in VI and/or immune fluorescence assay (IF). Swab samples were also tested for bacteria. Empirical therapy with a broad spectrum antibiotic (oxytetracycline) was administrated, pending culture and antibiotic sensitivity result. All cows with puerperal metritis or clinical metritis (CM) were treated with intra-uterine (i.u.) administration of oxytetracycline and with intramuscular (i.m.) injections of dinoprost tromethamine (PGF(2)α) for three consecutive days. Concurrently, with the administration of oxytetracycline and PGF(2)α, cows with a rectal temperature >39.5°C received an additional treatment with oxytetracycline (i.m) for three consecutive days. According to the antibiotic test result, on day 3 after the last oxytetracycline and PGF(2)α administrations, all cows were treated with a combination of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid (i.u.) for three consecutive days. All cows with metritis and that were positive for BoHV-4 recovered clinically after the administration of antibiotic and PGF(2)α. In conclusion, postpartum metritis cases in cows infected BoHV-4 recovered clinically following early diagnosis and prolonged treatments with a combination of antibiotics and PGF(2)α.

Topics: Animals; Antibodies, Viral; Bacteria; Bacterial Infections; beta-Lactams; Cattle; Cattle Diseases; Dinoprost; Female; Herpesviridae Infections; Herpesvirus 4, Bovine; Oxytetracycline; Postpartum Period; Puerperal Infection; Turkey; Uterine Diseases; Vagina

A combination of neomycin and metronidazole was compared with oxytetracycline for its activity against the intrauterine flora of 10 cows with retained placenta. In vitro the metronidazole/neomycin combination reduced the numbers of aerobic and obligately anaerobic bacteria much more effectively than did oxytetracycline.

Topics: Animals; Bacteria, Aerobic; Bacteria, Anaerobic; Bacterial Infections; Cattle; Cattle Diseases; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Metronidazole; Neomycin; Oxytetracycline; Placenta Diseases; Pregnancy; Puerperal Disorders; Uterine Diseases

Topics: Ampicillin; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bronchopneumonia; Chloramphenicol; Corneal Ulcer; Diarrhea; Enteritis; Female; Horse Diseases; Horses; Male; Oxytetracycline; Penicillin Resistance; Penicillins; Pleurisy; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Aspiration; Pneumonia, Pneumocystis; Postoperative Complications; Salmonella Infections, Animal; Sepsis; Streptococcal Infections; Uterine Diseases

Topics: Abortion, Veterinary; Animals; Cattle; Cattle Diseases; Clioquinol; Female; Furazolidone; Injections; Leukorrhea; Oxytetracycline; Pregnancy; Uterine Diseases; Uterus