Efficacy of Ceftiofur Hydrochloride Administered Parenterally for Five Consecutive Days for Treatment of Acute Post-partum Metritis in Dairy Cows

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate under clinical, field conditions the efficacy of ceftiofur hydrochloride [HCl] as EXCENEL® RTU Sterile Suspension administered parenterally at doses of 1.1 or 2.2 mg ceftiofur equivalents (CE)/kg body weight (BW; 0.5 or 1.0 mg CE/lb BW) for five days for the treatment of acute post-partum metritis in dairy cows.