Veterinary pharmaceutical method of administration

A method of administering an oral liquid calcium supplement as an individual treatment for quickly and effectively raising serum calcium levels in the blood of a freshening cow to prevent and treat milk fever, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) placing an amount of the liquid calcium supplement in a drench gun having a tube with a dispensing end, wherein the liquid calcium supplement comprises:
• (i) water;
• (ii) an amount of propylene glycol between 1% and 25% by weight;
• and
• (iii) an amount of calcium between 5% and 20% by weight;
• (b) positioning the tube in a cow's mouth such that the tube is inserted between the cow's teeth and cheek and the dispensing end is near the cow's receptors at the back of the cheek that invoke an esophageal groove reflex, whereby the cow remains unexcited by the positioning of the tube between the teeth and cheek;
• and
• (c) dispensing a prohylactically effective amount of the liquid calcium supplement through the dispensing end of the tube and into the cow's mouth, the dispensed supplement stimulating the receptors which invoke the esophageal groove reflex allowing the supplement to enter the omasum and to quickly, effectively, and efficiently treat milk fever in a freshening cow, whereby the cow remains unexcited as it swallows the dispensed supplement in a substantially natural manner.

A method for administering an oral liquid calcium supplement to a recently freshened cow, comprising the steps of:

• (a) forming the liquid calcium supplement, wherein the supplement comprises:
• (i) water;
• (ii) propylene glycol;
• and
• (iii) calcium;
• (b) filling a dispenser with an amount of the liquid calcium supplement, the dispenser having a tube with an end;
• (c) positioning the tube in the cow's mouth between the cow's teeth and cheek, wherein the end of the tube is near the cow's receptors at the back of the cheek that invoke an esophageal groove reflex, whereby the cow remains unexcited by the positioning of the tube between the teeth and cheek;
• and
• (d) dispensing a prophylactically effective amount of the liquid calcium supplement into the cow's mouth through the end of the tube, the dispensed supplement stimulating the receptors which invoke the esophageal groove reflex allowing the supplement to enter the omasum and to quickly, effectively, and efficiently treat milk fever in a freshening cow, whereby the cow remains unexcited as it swallows the dispensed supplement in a substantially natural manner.