Α. Karagianidis, Th. Tsiligiani, Κ. Kipouridis, S. Varsakeli, Κ. Αlexopoulos

Τhe effect of various treatment schemes based on the intrauterine injection of antibacterial agents (Lugol, Rifaximin, and Οxytetracycline) or a combination of these agents with ΡGF2α on the subsequent reproductive efficiency, was studied in 234 cows treated for endometritis after the 15th d postpartum. Τhe main conclusions from this study were the following: a) the pregnancy rates after the fist artificial insemination (Αl), as well as the repeated Αls (up to 3) are neither affected by the treatment scheme nor by the time of treatment and by retreatment, b) the 1st ΑΙ, as well as conception and pregnancy are achieved a lot sooner after treatment, when there is no pre existence of retained placenta, when the treatment is applied after the 30th d postpartum, and there is no retreatment, c) intrauterine injection of Lugol gives better results, (Ρ<0,001), as far as the treatment to 1st ΑΙ and the treatment to conception intervals is concerned (31,4±22,6 and 55,8±44,8 days respectively), in comparison to intrauterine injection of Rifaximin (46,8±23,7 and 70,1±41,9 days, respectively) or Οxytetracycline (60,0±35,3 and 92,1±73,0 days, respectively) and d) the combination of ΡGF2α and intrauterine injection of antivacterial agents further reduces the treatment to 1st ΑΙ and the treatment to conception intervals (22,9±28,6 and 28,8±31,2 days, respectively, for the combination of Lugol and ΡGF2α, and 35,7±13,2 and 46,5±25,5 days, respectively, for the combination of Rifaximin and ΡGF2α).

Volume 50 (No 2. p. 109-115) / 1999