Combined oxytetracycline-flunixin therapy in field cases of acute bovine respiratory disease

A clinical study was undertaken to investigate the efficacy of a single inj ection of Long-acting Key words oxytetracycline and flunixin in the treatme nt of field cases of acute pneumonia in cattle. Cattle, Tilmicosin was used as a positive control treatment, Six hours following treatment, body Calve s, temperature in animals treated with oxytetracycline and flunixin had fal len sharply and was significantly Lower than in the animals treated with ti lmicosin (P<0.001). At six hours, animals treated with the combination ther apy also had significantly Lower respiratory rates than those treated with tilmicosin (P<0.05). At 24 hours after treatment, body temperature was stil l significantly Lower in the animals which received the combined oxytetracy cline/flunixin combination (P<0.05). Over the complete period of clinical o bservation, the oxytetracycline-flunixin treatment produced a clinical reso lution of the pneumonia equivalent to treatment with tilmicosin alone.