Retained Placenta

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justintime

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John, most vets in this area advice us to just leave them alone and give the cow a shot of Liquamycin LA. One of my vets even says you don't have to even give the LLA. I try to always give them some antiboitic, but that is all I do. I am not sure if it helps the cow or not,but it makes me feel better. It always amazes me how quickly these cows that retain placenta, come back into heat. There seems to be little difference between them and the cows that did not retain it.
 

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Had a cow with a retained placenta last fall, gave her penicillin for treatment and she came back in heat when we synched her and as far as I know caught on the first AI. I'll find out for sure Monday!
 

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We just had one this past week. Vet came and checked her for us yesterday. She calved on Easter and still had not passed. We gave her Lutalyse and Oxytocin. Neither passed it completely. The vet checked her removed what was free and then we will give her 35cc of Penicillan for 5 days injectable. We have in the past used dilute betadine inter-uterine and just let it hang. But that is just what our vet does. I think you will get tons of different answers on this one.
 

HSV

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Thanks for the responses so far. I gave the cow a shot of Oxytetracycline IM last night and plan on continuing with this treatment for the next four days. Since then I had a cow calve with twins through the night and she also has an RP...I could do a trial I suppose!  ;)
 

DakotaCow

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I know this doesn't help now but the best way to deal with it is to prevent it. Cattle that are deficient in Selenium are more prone to a retained placenta. This goes back to feed an mineral programs. Remember, when a cow calves her nutritional requirements increase twofold. Even though you can do everything right it still happens, I hope she cleans and breeds back for you! <cowboy>
 

AAOK

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DakotaCow said:
I know this doesn't help now but the best way to deal with it is to prevent it. Cattle that are deficient in Selenium are more prone to a retained placenta. This goes back to feed an mineral programs. Remember, when a cow calves her nutritional requirements increase twofold. Even though you can do everything right it still happens, I hope she cleans and breeds back for you! <cowboy>

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HSV

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I offer high selenium salt free choice and at this time of year the cows have access to mineral lick tubs. The cows get a good quality free choice mineral the rest of the year. I'm not surprised to see a RP with the twins, this often happens with mispresentations or hard calvings.
 

lightnin4

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Lutalyse at 5-7 days from calving usually works for us.  Penicillin would probably be my antibiotic of choice if I was going to treat one.  If you flush the uterus a nolvasan (chlorhexidine) water solution is good. 
 
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