Failure to cause abortion in cows with intravenous sodium iodide treatment
Miller, H.V.; Drost, M.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 172(4): 466
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 624668 Document Number: 39
It is a commonly held belief that cows abort following sodium iodide treatment. However, this belief is supported by only one report,' which states that a high percentage of abortions are caused by intravenous administration of sodium iodide, at the dosage of 1 g/15 kg of body weight. Evidence was not presented that abortion was due to the action of sodium iodide. When sodium iodide is used in pregnant cattle, occasional abortions might occur as the result of the stress and general malaise of the primary disease condition, rather than as an effect of the sodium iodide per se. It is concluded that pregnant cows that are clinically normal do not abort after being given 1.5 to 2 times the recommended dose of sodium iodide.
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