Abstract:

Comparison of regional limb injection to systemic medication for the treatment of septic lameness in female breeding swine

Brandon J. Dominguez, DVM, MS; Luke A. Duckworth; Meredyth L. Jones, DVM, MS

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Twenty female breeding swine with acute septic lameness received lincomycin systemically or via regional limb perfusion (RLP). There was no significant difference in the time to healing between methods. However, lameness resolved earlier in a numerically higher proportion of subjects receiving RLP than systemic treatment.

Keywords: regional limb perfusion, septic arthritis

RIS citationCite as: Dominguez BJ, Duckworth LA, Jones ML. Comparison of regional limb injection to systemic medication for the treatment of septic lameness in female breeding swine. J Swine Health Prod 2016;24(2):93-96.

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