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Injection-Acupuncture with Dexamethasone and Modified Moxibustion Treatment of a Downer Cow  

Kim Duck-Hwan (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Liu Jian-Zhu (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
MacManus Philip (Glenina Vet. Clinic)
Jennings Padraic (Glenina Vet. Clinic)
Darcy Karl (Glenina Vet. Clinic)
Burke Fiona (Glenina Vet. Clinic)
Slattery Gerry (Animal Health Centre)
Rogers Phil A.M. (Teagasc Grange Research Centre)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.23, no.1, 2006 , pp. 69-71 More about this Journal
Abstract
An 11-year-old, Shorthorn cow, reared near Gort Co. Galway, Ireland, needed assistance to calve. The cow became a downer on that day postpartum (pp). Injection-acupuncture with dexamethasone was used at lumbo-sacral space, GB30, ST36, GB31, BL40, ST40 and ST41. In addition, modified moxibustion was received at session 1. At session 2, the cow could not stand. At session 3, the cow tried to stand twice by herself but fell down again each time. However, she stood up with slight help on 10 days pp. The present patient was a case with downer cow syndrome which showed improvement of clinical symptoms by injection-acupuncture with dexamethasone plus modified moxibustion.
Keywords
injection acupuncture; dexamethasone; downer cow; moxibustion;
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