Comparative Evaluation of Therapeutics for Management of Bovine Endometritis-A Study of 72 Crossbred cows Palanisamy M.*, Associate Professor, Napolean R. Ezakial, Krishnakumar K., Balasubramaniam G.A., Malmarugan S. Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics Veterinary, College and Research Institute Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Namakkal-637002, Tamil Nadu *Corresponding author. E-mail: drmpsamy@gmail.com
Online published on 2 April, 2016. Abstract The efficacy of immunomodulators, lugols iodine and PGF2a in eliminating bacterial load in endometritis affected cows was studied in 72 crossbred cows divided equally into six groups treated with 30 ml of 2 percent Lugol's iodine (Group I), 30 ml PBS containing 100 μg of E.coli LPS (Group II), 2 mg of Lysozymes (Group III), 500 mg of Oyster glycogen (Group IV), 25 mg PGF2a (Group V) and 30 ml PBS intrauterine on the day of oestrus (Group VI, control). The bacterial colony counts recorded were significantly reduced (P<0.01) after treatment in all treated groups. Top Keywords Endometritis, immunomodulator, lugol's iodine, PGF.a. Top |