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|q2=What treatments will you administer?
 
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Treatment includes the intravenous administration of 400 mL of 40% calcium borogluconate given slowly over 10 minutes with the heart rate monitored throughout infusion. Oxytocin (40 IU) is given intramuscularly. The cow is treated with parenteral oxytetracycline for 3 consecutive days to prevent metritis. The cow was checked 21 days after calving as part of the herd fertility control programme and treated with prostaglandin F2 alpha for chronic endometritis.
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Treatment includes the intravenous administration of 400 mL of 40% calcium borogluconate given slowly over 10 minutes with the heart rate monitored throughout infusion. Oxytocin (40 IU) is given intramuscularly. The cow is treated with parenteral oxytetracycline for 3 consecutive days to prevent metritis<ref>There is good evidence that parenteral oxytetracycline does not reach high enough levels in the uterus to be efficacious against uterine infection. Therefore prophylactic use in this case in inappropriate.</ref>. The cow was checked 21 days after calving as part of the herd fertility control programme and treated with prostaglandin F2 alpha for chronic endometritis.
 
|l2=Reproductive_Tract_Prolapse#Uterine Prolapse
 
|l2=Reproductive_Tract_Prolapse#Uterine Prolapse
 
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