Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Sciene and Animal Husbandry, Mhow-453 441, Madhya Pradesh, India
*Corresponding Author: Madhu Shivhare, Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Sciene and Animal Husbandry, Mhow-453 441, Madhya Pradesh, India, Email: drmadhushivhare@gmail.com
Online Published on 10 November, 2022.
The postpartum period is crucial in dairy cows and is marked by major physiological and metabolic changes that affect milk production, immune response and fertility. Nutrition remains the most important lever for limiting the negative energy balance and its consequences on general health status in highly selected dairy cows. Therefore, the present study is design to investigate the Therapeutic efficacy intrauterine turmeric extract and ceftiofur sodium alone and in combination with micronutrients supplementation in postpartum metritic crossbred cows.
The present study was conducted on 24 crossbred cows with history of postpartum metritis randomly divided into four treatment groups: intrauterine turmeric extract (group I), intramuscular ceftiofur sodium (group II), intrauterine turmeric extract + micronutrient supplementation (group III) and intramuscular ceftiofur sodium + micronutrient supplementation (group IV).
The mean time interval required for resumption of cyclicity was highest in gp II followed by gp I, gp III and gp IV. The group turmeric extract + micronutrients supplementation and ceftiofur sodium + micronutrients supplementation group registered a considerable higher conception rate (66.66) followed by (50%) in turmeric extract and ceftiofur sodium group.
Ceftiofur sodium, Conception rate, Micronutrient supplementation, Postpartum metritis, Turmeric extract
