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Prudent Use of Antibiotics in Dairy Cows: The Nordic Approach to Udder Health

Global concerns regarding bacterial antibiotic resistance demand prudent use of antibiotics in livestock production. Dairy production in the Nordic countries has a low consumption of antibiotics, while animal health, productivity and milk quality are at high levels. Here, we describe the basis of No...

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Autores principales: Rajala-Schultz, Päivi, Nødtvedt, Ane, Halasa, Tariq, Persson Waller, Karin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7973009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33748209
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.623998
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author Rajala-Schultz, Päivi
Nødtvedt, Ane
Halasa, Tariq
Persson Waller, Karin
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description Global concerns regarding bacterial antibiotic resistance demand prudent use of antibiotics in livestock production. Dairy production in the Nordic countries has a low consumption of antibiotics, while animal health, productivity and milk quality are at high levels. Here, we describe the basis of Nordic mastitis control and treatment strategies, as a model for production of high-quality milk with prudent use of antibiotics. We hope this will be beneficial for dairy producers and advisors in other countries and regions that consider limiting antibiotic use in cattle herds. In this perspectives paper we describe the dairy sector in the Nordic countries, and present regulatory aspects of antibiotic use, diagnostics and current guidelines for treatment of clinical mastitis as well as dry cow therapy. We also show summary statistics of udder health indicators in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, to illustrate the effects of the implemented udder health management practices.
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spelling pubmed-79730092021-03-20 Prudent Use of Antibiotics in Dairy Cows: The Nordic Approach to Udder Health Rajala-Schultz, Päivi Nødtvedt, Ane Halasa, Tariq Persson Waller, Karin Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science Global concerns regarding bacterial antibiotic resistance demand prudent use of antibiotics in livestock production. Dairy production in the Nordic countries has a low consumption of antibiotics, while animal health, productivity and milk quality are at high levels. Here, we describe the basis of Nordic mastitis control and treatment strategies, as a model for production of high-quality milk with prudent use of antibiotics. We hope this will be beneficial for dairy producers and advisors in other countries and regions that consider limiting antibiotic use in cattle herds. In this perspectives paper we describe the dairy sector in the Nordic countries, and present regulatory aspects of antibiotic use, diagnostics and current guidelines for treatment of clinical mastitis as well as dry cow therapy. We also show summary statistics of udder health indicators in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, to illustrate the effects of the implemented udder health management practices. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7973009/ /pubmed/33748209 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.623998 Text en Copyright © 2021 Rajala-Schultz, Nødtvedt, Halasa and Persson Waller. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Prudent Use of Antibiotics in Dairy Cows: The Nordic Approach to Udder Health
title Prudent Use of Antibiotics in Dairy Cows: The Nordic Approach to Udder Health
title_full Prudent Use of Antibiotics in Dairy Cows: The Nordic Approach to Udder Health
title_fullStr Prudent Use of Antibiotics in Dairy Cows: The Nordic Approach to Udder Health
title_full_unstemmed Prudent Use of Antibiotics in Dairy Cows: The Nordic Approach to Udder Health
title_short Prudent Use of Antibiotics in Dairy Cows: The Nordic Approach to Udder Health
title_sort prudent use of antibiotics in dairy cows: the nordic approach to udder health
topic Veterinary Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7973009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33748209
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.623998
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