Studies on the treatment of retention of placenta in buffalo

The present studies on the treatment of retention of placenta was carried out on 1000 advance pregnant buffaloes with the object to establish the best treatment regime for the retention of placenta in buffalo. Group-A no treatment Group-B Inj: Oxytocin, Group-C Inj: Oxytocin + Inj: Penivet 5 grants, Group-D. Inj: Oxytocin + Inj: Milfone C 300ml, Group-E Inj: Oxytocin + Inj: Penivet 5 grams + Inj: Milfone C 300ml. Group-F manual removal followed by Inj: Oxytocin + Inj: Penivet 5 grams + Inj: Milfone C 300ml, Utenol pessaries Intrauterine and Group-G (control) i.e., the animals completing their placental expulsion within normal range of time. First postpartum estrus, first postpartum service, number of services per conception service period and fertility rate were recorded in all the groups. The overall incidence of retention of placenta was recorded as 10.80%. The mean first postpartum estrus interval (days) in different groups (A, B. C, D, E. F and G) was observed as 194.20 plus minus 19.92, 123.05 plus minus 6.89, 133.05 plus minus 7.95, 118.45 plus minus 7.06, 115.80 plus minus 5.30, 108.52 plus minus 6.24, 98.12 plus minus 1.62 respectively. The difference between the groups was significant. The Group-F was significantly earlier than all the other groups. The mean first postpartum service for the groups was 194.20 plus minus 19.92, 123.05 plus minus 6.89, 133.05 plus minus 7.95, 119.55 plus minus 6.69, 115.80 plus minus 5.30, 109.48 plus minus 5.79, 98.12 plus minus 1.62 respectively. The mean number of services per conception were 2.00, 1.87, 2.00, 1.50, 1.56, 1.04 in groups B, C, D, E, F and G respectively. None of the animals became pregnant in Group-A. The mean service period in the groups was observed as 168.75 plus minus 26.09, 157.88 plus minus 14.44, 139.33 plus minus 9.82, 122.90 plus minus 7.07, 120.06 plus minus 7.66, 99.48 plus minus 1.69 days respectively. None of the animals conceived in Group-A. Fertility rate of 21.05%, 40.00%, 30.00%, 50.00%, 69.56%, 74.85% was observed in the groups B, C, D, E, F and G respectively. None of the animals conceived in Group-A. The results showed that the treatment Group-F, where manual removal was followed by the administration of oxytocin, calcium and antibiotics locally and parentally was superior to all the other treatment packages in giving higher fertility rate.