Aim: This work was done to study the effect
of vitamin A, E and Se with varying sexual rest
period in cross-bred cows with chronic
endometritis.
Materials and Methods:
Cross-bred cows (n=396) from different villages of
West Bengal with purulent or muco-purulent
discharge with a history of infertility and repeat
breeding for 3 to 6 months were chosen for the
present study. These cows received uterine wash
with lugol's iodine, intra-uterine and parenteral
antibiotics and de-worming as general treatment.
They were then divided into six groups viz. SR12 ×
EV (n=59), SR12 × Control (n=67), SR21 × EV
(n=65), SR21 × Control (n=70), SR24 × EV (n=66),
SR24 × Control (n=69) receiving sexual rest of 12
(SR12), 21 (SR21) and 24 (SR24) days with (EV
group) or without (control) estradiol + vitamin A,
E and Se.
Results: The results indicate
that the recovery rate of EV and control group was
76.27 % and 37.31 % respectively (P<0.01) in SR
12, 72.31 % and 47.14 % respectively (P<0.01) in
SR 21 and 92.41 % and 63.77 % respectively
(P<0.01) in SR 24. SR 24 showed significantly
better (P<0.01) recovery rate compared to SR 12
and SR 21. Lowest recovery and conception rate of
EV and control group in SR 12 might be due to
insufficient time for the recovery of endometrium.
Conclusion: The results indicate that
parenteral and intra-uterine antibiotics had
synergistic effect with estradiol, vitamin A, E
and Se treatment in recovery from endometritis,
though a minimum time interval is required for
complete recovery of the endometrium for best
conception rate.
Keywords: endometritis,
estradiol, progesterone, selenium, sexual rest,
vitamin A, vitamin E
