Use of meloxicam in a case of septic arthritis and arthrotomy in a six-week old bull calf

dc.contributor.author	Hill, Nathan
dc.date.accessioned	2011-07-13T18:50:34Z
dc.date.available	2011-07-13T18:50:34Z
dc.date.issued	2011-04-20
dc.description.abstract	A six-week-old, 60 kg Holstein bull calf, previously treated at Cornell’s Large Animal Hospital for pneumonia and omphalitis associated with failure of passive transfer (FPT), returned three days later with a primary complaint of lameness. During the course of his hospitalization, the calf underwent an arthrotomy to address septic arthritis in his left stifle. As part of a multimodal approach to pain management, meloxicam was included as adjunctive therapy. Meloxicam is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) of the oxicam class. Recent research has shown meloxicam to have several potential advantages over flunixin meglumine, the NSAID most commonly used in cattle, including excellent bioavailability following oral administration and a much longer half-life. However, because meloxicam is not labeled for use in food-producing animals, the implications of extra-label drug use must be carefully considered.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/23169
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Senior seminar paper
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Seminar SF610.1 2011
dc.subject	Cattle -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Case studies	en_US
dc.title	Use of meloxicam in a case of septic arthritis and arthrotomy in a six-week old bull calf	en_US
dc.type	term paper	en_US

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