By Allen, D. and Anderson, D. E. and Parks, A. H. and St Jean, G., Australian Veterinary Journal, 1997
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Seven cattle, admitted to a veterinary hospital in the USA, between January 1989 and August 1995, with infection of the digital flexor tendon sheath of a hind limb, and with varying degrees of lameness, were diagnosed with septic tenosynovitis. Open wounds were present in 6, the seventh had a nail penetrating the heel bulb. A multifenestrated lavage system was placed in each affected tendon sheath and a wooden block on a healthy digit (blocks were not used in 2 bulls with biaxial infection). Sterile saline was infused under pressure, daily (n=5), twice daily (n=1) or every other day (n=1) for 5-9 days. Antibiotics were administered to all cattle for 5-41 days, including penicillin, ceftiofur, gentamicin, oxytetracycline, ampicillin and sulfadimethoxine. Lameness was substantially reduced in all cattle, except a bull with deep digital flexor muscle disruption, 48 h after the start of treatment. 1 bull was culled a year after surgery, 1 had an enlarged limb 14 months after surgery and 5 were walking soundly and were productive up to 26 months after treatment
Seven cattle, admitted to a veterinary hospital in the USA, between January 1989 and August 1995, with infection of the digital flexor tendon sheath of a hind limb, and with varying degrees of lameness, were diagnosed with septic tenosynovitis. Open wounds were present in 6, the seventh had a nail penetrating the heel bulb. A multifenestrated lavage system was placed in each affected tendon sheath and a wooden block on a healthy digit (blocks were not used in 2 bulls with biaxial infection). Sterile saline was infused under pressure, daily (n=5), twice daily (n=1) or every other day (n=1) for 5-9 days. Antibiotics were administered to all cattle for 5-41 days, including penicillin, ceftiofur, gentamicin, oxytetracycline, ampicillin and sulfadimethoxine. Lameness was substantially reduced in all cattle, except a bull with deep digital flexor muscle disruption, 48 h after the start of treatment. 1 bull was culled a year after surgery, 1 had an enlarged limb 14 months after surgery and 5 were walking soundly and were productive up to 26 months after treatment
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