Effects of dietary butyrate supplementation and oral nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug administration on uterine inflammation and interval to first ovulation in postpartum dairy cows

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• who: L.E. Engelking from the recently, oral administration of meloxicam has been proposed to mitigate inflammation and pain in cattle (Shock et_al, ) due to its relatively long half-life compared with injectable Metacam (Coetzee et_al, ), and reportedly improved milk production (Carpenter et_al, )However, oral meloxicam has not been evaluated on uterine inflammation or ovarian function. Therefore, our objectives were to evaluate the effects of dietary butyrate supplementation and oral NSAID administration on uterine inflammation and the interval from calving to first ovulation in dairy cows (ICFO have published the paper: Effects of dietary butyrate supplementation and . . .
  

   

  

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