Transcript Metritis - RschoolToday

• A serious bacterial infection of the uterus
• Occurs within a week of calving
• Infection can spread to bloodstream and can cause
an infection of the entire body
• Bacteria invades the uterus
• Dirty birthing environment
• Most commonly right after birth when the uterus is most
susceptible
• More likely to happen if it has been a difficult birth or
if the mother has failed to deliver a fetus or placenta
• Abnormal discharge (pus or green or brown colored
fluid with an unpleasant odor from the vulva)
• Depression
• Loss of appetite
• Fever
• Poor mothering
• Decreased milk production
• After examining your cow and obtaining the history,
several tests are run
• blood count
• X-Ray
• Ultrasound
• 5-day regimen of an antibiotic and
supportive therapy
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Appropriate supplementation of minerals and vitamins
Diet full of calcium
Prevent over-crowding
Clean, dry maternity environment
Well managed assistance when a calving difficulty
occurs
• There was no specific age of the cow, but
Metritis affects cows that have just given birth