Veterinary pharmaceutical composition

A low-viscosity liquid drench for quickly and effectively raising serum calcium levels in the blood of a freshening cow as a prophylactic milk fever treatent, said drench comprising:

• (a) an amount of water;
• (b) a pharmaceutically effective amount of propylene glycol for sweetening the composition, for providing an energy boost to the freshening cow, and for quickly and effectively dispersing calcium into the freshening cow by stimulatin e esophageal reflx, said amount of propylene glycol being between 5% and 10% by weight;
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• (c) a pharmaceutically effective amount of calcium chloride for quickly raising serum calcium levels in the freshening cows said amount of calcium chloride having an amount of calcium between 9% and 16% by weight, wherein the concentration of said amount of calcium chloride is low enough to allow said amount of calcium in said low-viscosity liquid drench to stimulate the esophageal reflex and enter the cow's omasum.

A low-viscosity liquid drench for quickly and effectively raising serum calcium levels in the blood of a freshening cow as prophylactic milk fever treatment, said drench comprising:

• (a) an amount of water between 50% and 60% by weight;
• (b) a pharmaceutically effective amount of propylene glycol for sweetening the composition, for providing an energy boost to the freshening cow, and for quickly and effectively dispersing calcium into the freshening cow by stimulating the esophageal reflex, said amount of propylene glycol being between 5% and 10% by weight;
• (c) a pharmaceutically effective amount of calcium chloride for quickly raising serum calcium levels in the freshening cow, said amount of calcium chloride having an amount of calcium between 9% and 16% by weight, wherein the concentration of said amount of calcium chloride is low enough to allow said amount of calcium in said low-viscosity liquid drench to stimulate the esophageal reflex and enter the cow's omasum;
• (d) an amount of B vitamins to stimulate the cow's appetite, said amount of B vitamins being between 0.005% and 0.1% by weight;
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• (e) an amount of magnesium chloride and an amount of potassium chloride for replacing minerals in the cow, said amount of magnesium chloride being between 0.05% and 10% by weight and said amount of potassium chloride being between 0.01% and 1% by weight.

A 200 ml to 300 ml low-viscosity liquid drench composition for quickly and effectively raising serum calcium levels in the blood of a freshening cow as a prophylactic milk fever treatment, said composition comprising:

• (a) water;
• (b) propylene glycol;
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• (c) an amount of calcium for quickly raising serum calcium levels in the freshening cow, said amount of calcium being between 5% and 20% by weight, said amount of calcium being provided by an amount of calcium chloride between 14% and 56% by weight, wherein the concentration of said amount of calcium chloride is low enough to allow said amount of calcium in said low-viscosity liquid drench to stimulate the esophageal reflex and enter the cow's omasum, said 200 ml to 300 ml composition providing a sufficient amount of calcium in the form of calcium chloride to effectively raise serum calcium levels in the freshening cow.