Economic, clinical and functional consequences of a treatment using metrenperone during an outbreak of shipping fever in cattle
1993; Wiley; Volume: 132; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1136/vr.132.10.245
ISSN2042-7670
AutoresB. Genicot, F Mouligneau, F. Rollin, J. K. Lindsey, Ryan M Close, Pierre Lekeux,
Tópico(s)Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
ResumoEighteen of 91 seven- to nine-month-old Belgian white and blue double-muscled male fattening cattle developed typical signs of shipping fever. They were all injected intramuscularly once a day for three days with 5 mg/kg of enrofloxacin, and in addition nine selected at random were injected intramuscularly five times at 12 hour intervals with 0.1 mg/kg of metrenperone, a 5-hydroxytryptamine blocker, the other nine receiving a placebo. During the outbreak of shipping fever metrenperone showed effective antipyretic properties, and all the calves treated with it made a complete recovery. Moreover, during the 360 day fattening period following the outbreak, the cattle treated with metrenperone gained on average 45.4 kg more weight than the control cattle.
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