Veterinary Archives, Vol. 83 No. 1, 2013.
Original scientific paper
The prevalence of clinical metritis and fertility indices in cows treated with low-intensity laser irradiation and antibiotics in the postpartum period.
Vytuolis Žilaitis
; Department of Non-infectious Diseases, Veterinary Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Jūrate Rudejevienė
; Department of Non-infectious Diseases, Veterinary Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Vida Juozaitienė
; Department of Non-infectious Diseases, Veterinary Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Vaidas Krištaponis
; Department of Non-infectious Diseases, Veterinary Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Giedrius Palubinskas
; Department of Non-infectious Diseases, Veterinary Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Edward Malinowski
; Department of Pathophysiology of Reproduction and Mammary Gland, National Veterinary Research Institute of Poland, Poland
Abstract
The aim of the study was to compare the efficiency of low-intensity laser (LIL) irradiation, antibiotic injections and a combination of both methods in the prophylaxis and treatment of metritis in cows. Examinations were carried out on 290 freshly calved cows with a rectal temperature on the second day after parturition above 38.9 C. Cows from group I (n = 95) were given an intramuscular injection of ceftiofur hydrochloride (600 mg) for three days, commenced from the second day after parturition. Group II consisted of 55 cows, the sacroiliac area of which was irradiated for 10 days consecutively with LIL. Group III (n = 65) were given an intramuscular 600mg injection of ceftiofur for three days and the sacroiliac area was irradiated 10 times consecutively, once a day with LIL. The control group IV (n = 55) were not given antibiotics or laser irradiation. A number of cows, ranging from 57.1% (group III a) to 65% (group IV), developed clinical metritis, which was treated with antiseptics. The longest recovery time from metritis (21 ± 6.12 d) was found in the IV group. Cows from group III recovered from metritis 11.5 days more quickly than the cows from the IV (negative control) group (P<0.05) and 4 days more quickly than cows from the I (positive control) group. Fertility indices such as: calving-first insemination, service period, conception rate, insemination index and the calving-pregnancy period, were better in cows treated prophylactically with the combined method (antibiotic and LIL physiotherapy) in comparison to the other groups.
Keywords
cows; postpartum period; antibiotic; laser irradiation
Hrčak ID:
97055
URI
Publication date:
11.2.2013.
Visits: 2.272 *