Observation

Always very serious, it appears abruptly in the first 1 to 4 days following normal calving or an abortion - contagious and fatal, 50% of the time. Sadness, depression, lack of appetite, no rumination or milk secretion; The animal strains to expulse a nauseous, reddish liquid that soils the vagina and vulva which becomes infected, swollen and very sensitive to touch.

Cause:
Contamination by E. Coli in the birth canal, especially in a weakened subject, in a state of ruminal instability (metabolic Type no. 9) or inefficient immune system.

Treatment

METSOL+INTOXSOL, every hour, until the general state gets better (between 12 to 24 hours) then morning and evening for 2 days. Continue with FLUSHSOL+ SEPTISOL in the morning and METSOL+ SEPTISOL in the evening, until symptoms have disappeared. It is recommended to apply FLUSHSOL and METSOL directly on the vulva.

Common uterus infection

Observation

Consequence of a laborious calving, a miscarriage, a late or incomplete delivery, or of clumsy or repeated manipulations. Discharge of a foul smelling, infected, sometimes bloody liquid from a swollen vulva, especially when the animal is lying down and tries to relieve the local irritation with useless efforts to evacuate the secretions.

Cause:
The cows that are mostly affected by this type of infection of the uterus are those in a state of excessive fermentable energy = excess of fast sugars = acidosis (metabolic Type no. 1), often associated to an excess of fine fibres (metabolic type no. 9) or a lack of effective long fibres (metabolic Type no. 12).

Treatment

FLUSHSOL and SEPTISOL morning and evening on the first day, then METSOL and SEPTISOL twice a day until the symptoms have disappeared. It is recommended to apply METSOL and FLUSHSOL directly on the vulva. Also treat the chronic cause with MOD4SOL, MOD6SOLor MOD2SOL and MINSOL depending which cause. A feeding correction is necessary if the problem occurs frequently.

Chronic uterus infection (vaginitis)

Observation

Any metritis has the potential to become chronic. The animal is in an altered state: sadness, lack of appetite, weight loss, accelerated respiration, lower milk production that can lead to spontaneous drying up. Fertility problems with production of clear, whitish or yellowish secretions that stick to the tail, often instead of heat, or between periods of inefficient heat.

Cause:
The cows that are mostly affected by this type of late inflammation or infection are: a) on the one hand, de-mineralized cows, in a state of lack of general energy, (metabolic Type no. 4): eject clear non-infected secretions. b) and on the other hand, cows in a state of excess of protein or fermentable soluble nitrogen (metabolic Type no. 5): irritating infected discharges (because of the excess of ammonia).

Treatment

A) de-mineralized type: MOD2SOL+ METSOL in the morning, MOD5SOL+ MINSOL in the evening, until discharges stop (at least 5 days).

B) Infectious, irritated type: SEPTISOL+ METSOL in the morning and DRAINSOL in the evening, twice a week until the infection has disappeared, then MINSOL+ MOD2SOL morning and evening until absence of any clear discharge.