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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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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. |
spellingShingle | Veterinary Science Rajala-Schultz, Päivi Nødtvedt, Ane Halasa, Tariq Persson Waller, Karin 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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