TREATMENT OF EQUINE ENDOMETRITIS WITH INTRAUTERINE IRRIGATIONS OF CEFTIOFUR SODIUM - A COMPARISON WITH MARES TREATED IN A SIMILAR MANNER WITH A MIXTURE OF SODIUM BENZYLPENICILLIN, NEOMYCIN SULFATE, POLYMIXIN-BSULFATE AND FURALTADONE HYDROCHLORIDE
Sw. Ricketts, TREATMENT OF EQUINE ENDOMETRITIS WITH INTRAUTERINE IRRIGATIONS OF CEFTIOFUR SODIUM - A COMPARISON WITH MARES TREATED IN A SIMILAR MANNER WITH A MIXTURE OF SODIUM BENZYLPENICILLIN, NEOMYCIN SULFATE, POLYMIXIN-BSULFATE AND FURALTADONE HYDROCHLORIDE, Pferdeheilkunde, 13(5), 1997, pp. 486-489
1462 mares were treated for acute endometritis, of which 1207 were tre
ated with intrauterine irrigations of 3 g sodium benzylpenicillin, 1 g
neomycin sulphate, 40,000 iu polymixin B sulphate and 600 mg furaltad
one hydrochloride dissolved in 100 ml sterile water for injection and
255 were treated with intrauterine irrigations of 1 g ceftiofur sodium
(Excenel, Upjohn) dissolved in 100 ml sterile water for injection. 40
mares who were treated by once daily intrauterine irrigation with eit
her penicillin, neomycin, polymixin and furaltadone mixture (24) or ce
ftiofur sodium (16), for three consecutive days, were selected for mor
e detailed pre-and post-treatment endometrial cytological and bacterio
logical analysis; The results suggest that treatment with ceftiofur so
dium is as safe and al least as efficacious in the treatment of acute
endometritis as treatment with penicillin, neomycin, polymixin and fur
altadone mixture.