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Serum haptoglobin concentrations in Holstein dairy cattle with toxic puerperal metritis
Author(s) -
Smith B. I.,
Donovan G. A.,
Risco C. A.,
Young C. R.,
Stanker L. H.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.142.4.83
Subject(s) - haptoglobin , metritis , zoology , endometritis , medicine , dairy cattle , serum concentration , physiology , biology , lactation , pregnancy , ice calving , genetics
The serum concentration of haptoglobin was measured in 51 cows with toxic puerperal metritis which were being treated with one of three different antimicrobial regimens. The mean concentration of haptoglobin was 19.0 mg/dl on the day that the treatments began and declined steadily during the five day treatment period to a mean concentration of 7.35 mg/dl. There was no correlation between the serum haptoglobin concentrations and the rectal temperatures of the cows during the five days.