Retained bovine placenta - various treatments and their effects

Given the influence of retentio secundinarum (RS) on reproductive performance cows, current work aimed to assess effect various approaches treatment retained placenta main parameters, primarily interval from parturition first service, and insemination index. The trial involved 120 dairy cows in which was not expelled within 24 h postpartum. group (G1, n=60) contained extirpated, but they were administered antibiotics. second (G2, comprised removed manually, also At end study, 53 remained G1 54 G2. According medicament therapy, both groups divided into three sub-groups treated with: procaine benzylpenicillin, chlortetracycline hydrochloride or ceftiofur. Comparison G2 showed significantly better fertility parameters occurred animals extracted manually. pregnancy rate remarkably higher than group. average service lower (p<0.05) compared best results obtained with i.m. administration ceftiofur after removal placenta.