TY - JOUR

T1 - Prudent Use of Antibiotics in Dairy Cows

T2 - The Nordic Approach to Udder Health

AU - Rajala-Schultz, Päivi

AU - Nødtvedt, Ane

AU - Halasa, Tariq

AU - Persson Waller, Karin

N1 - Funding Information: Funding for this work was provided by Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural and Food Research (NKJ), which has supported the development and activities of Nordic Mastitis Researchers’ Network. Publisher Copyright: © Copyright © 2021 Rajala-Schultz, Nødtvedt, Halasa and Persson Waller.

PY - 2021/3/5

Y1 - 2021/3/5

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - antibiotic use

KW - bacteriologic diagnosis

KW - bovine

KW - mastitis control

KW - therapy

U2 - 10.3389/fvets.2021.623998

DO - 10.3389/fvets.2021.623998

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 33748209

AN - SCOPUS:85102855130

VL - 8

JO - Frontiers in Veterinary Science

JF - Frontiers in Veterinary Science

SN - 2297-1769

M1 - 623998

ER -