THERAPEUTIC AND PROPHYLACTIC EFFECTIVENESS OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPLEX BASED ON MEDICINAL PLANTS URTIKOSTIM WHEN TREATING POSTPARTUM GYNECOLOGICAL DISEASES IN COWS
To date, the medicinal products to treat postpartum diseases in cows make up about 2% of the veterinary drugs registered in the state register and are represented mainly by hormonal drugs. The staff of the Chair of Diagnosis, Internal Non-Communicable Diseases, Pharmacology, Surgery and Obstetrics of the Omsk State Agricultural University developed a new biologically active complex Urtikostim based on medicinal plants having both uterotonic and ruminal effects. The studies involved 260 black-pied and red-steppe cows of the cattle farms of the Omsk Region - ZAO “Yasnopolyanskoye” and OOO “Yastro”. To study the therapeutic efficacy in case of uterine hypotonia (atony), the animals with these pathologies were selected (n = 60). Urtikostim was injected intravenously to all animals at a dose of 30 mL once a week. A rectal examination was performed every week to identify sick and healthy animals. To study the therapeutic efficacy in case of postpartum endometritis, the animals were divided into two groups - the control group (n = 50) - Uteroton and Ichglucovit according to the prescription guide; and the trial group (n = 50) - a biologically active complex based on medicinal plants Urtikostim, intravenously at a dose of 30 mL. The animals were monitored daily, taking into account the general condition, volume and nature of secretions from the external genitalia, the number of animals recovered, the time of recovery, the period from calving to recovery, and the rate of fertilization. The evaluation of the prophylactic effectiveness of Urtikostim, the personnel of the ZAO “Yasnopolyanskoye” conducted two obstetric-gynecological clinical examinations to identify background indicators - the number of cows with endometritis, uterine atony, and also after the use of Urtikostim. As a result, the therapeutic efficacy of Urtikostim for uterine hypotonia (atony) was 74.0%; for endometritis - 95.0%. The prophylactic efficacy of the biologically active complex based on medicinal plants Urtikostim in case of postpartum complications reached 97.0%.