Difficult parturitions may be followed by metritis, but they are rarely connected with parturition fever.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
This practice should be strongly condemned on account of its dangerous consequences-metritis, peritonitis and often death.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
It is the laminitis known to veterinary surgeons as 'metastatic,' and perhaps the two most notable examples of it are the laminitis following a prolonged attack of pneumonia, and the 'Parturient Laminitis' occurring as a concomitant of septic metritis.
"Diseases of the Horse's Foot"
Harry Caulton Reeks