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flunixin meglumine
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flunixin meglumine
a prostaglandin inhibitor; a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent with potent analgesic and antipyretic activity; particularly effective in visceral pain and is used in the treatment of equine colic.

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The study associated diclofenac with more than two dozen bird deaths and carprofen and flunixin with several deaths each, Cuthbert and his colleagues report in an analysis now online for Biology Letters.
Initial emergency treatment consisted of intravenous fluids with dimethyl sulfoxide and flunixin meglumine.
For example, if a cow has severe dystocia, flunixin for three days would cost about $61/cow in discarded milk and drugs;
 
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