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Cows of an Italian dairy farm were examined between 5 and 14 days of calving: those with APM were randomly treated either with combined ceftiofur\u2013ketoprofen (CD) or ceftiofur alone (C), starting from Day 0, and an equal number of healthy cows served as a control (CTR). Clinical examination and blood sampling were performed until Day 7 in each group according to specific schedules. Daily cow activity was recorded until Day 14 and daily milk production until Day 30. Additional data on fertility were collected until 120 days in milk (DIM). Data of 20 cows per group were analyzed. Body temperature and haptoglobin concentration dropped between Day 0 and 4 in both CD and C, approaching the level of CTR. The cure rate at Day 7 (body temperature &lt; 39.0 \u00b0C) was 65 (CD) and 55% (C), without statistical difference. Neither cow activity nor milk production differed among the three groups. Reproductive performances in both CD and C were similar to CTR, but CD cows were 2.8 times more likely to be pregnant within 120 DIM than C, becoming pregnant about 14 days sooner. Both treatments (CD and C) have been effective in bringing the cows back to health conditions (CTR), and further studies would be needed to confirm the positive effect observed for CD on days open of the affected cows.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani11061597","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,28]],"date-time":"2021-05-28T11:33:20Z","timestamp":1622201600000},"page":"1597","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Potential Benefits to Dairy Cow Welfare of Using a Ceftiofur\u2013Ketoprofen Combination Drug for the Treatment of Inflammatory Disease Associated with Pyrexia: A Field Clinical Trial on Acute Puerperal Metritis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8725-8597","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Isabella","family":"Lora","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Viale dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 16, 35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mattia","family":"Massignani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Viale dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 16, 35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8071-0285","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Annalisa","family":"Stefani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Viale dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 10, 35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Flaviana","family":"Gottardo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padova, Viale dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 16, 35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"102","DOI":"10.1016\/j.tvjl.2007.12.019","article-title":"Postpartum uterine disease and dairy herd reproductive performance: A review","volume":"176","author":"LeBlanc","year":"2008","journal-title":"Vet. 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