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Meloxicam is a NSAID of the oxicam class which acts by inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis, thereby exerting anti-inflammatory, anti-exudative, analgesic and antipyretic effects. It reduces leukocyte infiltration into the inflamed tissue. Meloxidolor® is a clear yellow solution for injection containing 20 mg meloxicam per ml (and 150 mg of ethanol as preservative). Treatment for acute respiratory infection, diarrhoea, acute mastitis and dehorning pain in cattle; musculoskeletal disorders and colic pain relief in horses; and for acute non-infectious locomotor disorders in pigs and puerperal septicaemia and toxaemia in sows.