Effect of prepartum selenium treatment on uterine involution in the dairy cow

Selenium injections and oral vitamin E supplementation prepartum were related to: postpartum uterine involution (decrease in uterine size per unit time) and days to minimum uterine size in a 2 X 2 factorial design. Complete data were analyzed from 64 cows. Groups were selenium plus vitamin E, vitami...

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Published in:Journal of dairy science 1986-05, Vol.69 (5), p.1421-1425
Main Authors: Harrison, J.H, Hancock, D.D, St Pierre, N, Conrad, H.R, Harvey, W.R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
BOVIN LAITIER
Cattle - physiology
Cattle Diseases - prevention & control
CONTROL DE ENFERMEDADES
CONTROLE DE MALADIES
COWS
DAIRY CATTLE
DISEASE CONTROL
ENDOMETRITE
ENDOMETRITIS
Endometritis - prevention & control
Endometritis - veterinary
ENFERMEDADES UTERINAS
Female
GANADO DE LECHE
MALADIE DE L'UTERUS
Placenta Diseases - prevention & control
Placenta Diseases - veterinary
Postpartum Period - drug effects
Pregnancy
SELENIO
SELENIUM
Selenium - administration & dosage
Selenium - pharmacology
TOCOFEROLES
TOCOPHEROL
TOCOPHEROLS
UTERINE DISEASES
UTERO
UTERUS
Uterus - drug effects
VACA
VACHE
Vitamin E - administration & dosage
Vitamin E - pharmacology
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Summary:Selenium injections and oral vitamin E supplementation prepartum were related to: postpartum uterine involution (decrease in uterine size per unit time) and days to minimum uterine size in a 2 X 2 factorial design. Complete data were analyzed from 64 cows. Groups were selenium plus vitamin E, vitamin E, selenium, and control. Factors significantly affecting uterine size between 14 and 50 d postpartum were cow weight, days postpartum-linear, days postpartum-quadratic, day X metritis, and day X metritis X selenium treatment. Days to minimum uterine size were significantly less in cows with metritis and selenium treated when compared with cows with metritis and not selenium treated (32.9 vs. 35.8).
ISSN:0022-0302
1525-3198
DOI:10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(86)80550-1