TY - JOUR

T1 - Mastitis treatment-Reduction in antibiotic usage in dairy cows

AU - Krömker, V

AU - Leimbach, S

PY - 2017/8

Y1 - 2017/8

N2 - Animal-friendly, economical, resource-saving milk production provides the basis for sustained consumer acceptance. Bovine mastitis plays a decisive role in the dairy industry-disturbing animal health and welfare and causing considerable economic losses on the other hand. Currently, antimicrobial treatment is indispensable to keep bovine udder health, animal welfare and economic aspects in balance. On the contrary, emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent matter of particular public interest, and as a consequence, antimicrobial usage (AMU) in production livestock is a critically discussed subject. In urgent need of future reduction in AMU in the dairy industry, this review article describes and discusses possible approaches promising prompt implementation, including therapeutical alternatives as well as pro- and metaphylactic concepts such as the implementation of evidence-based mastitis therapy concepts and selective dry cow treatment (sDCT), in search of the most effective and contemporary methods for decreasing AMU and AMR in dairy production.

AB - Animal-friendly, economical, resource-saving milk production provides the basis for sustained consumer acceptance. Bovine mastitis plays a decisive role in the dairy industry-disturbing animal health and welfare and causing considerable economic losses on the other hand. Currently, antimicrobial treatment is indispensable to keep bovine udder health, animal welfare and economic aspects in balance. On the contrary, emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent matter of particular public interest, and as a consequence, antimicrobial usage (AMU) in production livestock is a critically discussed subject. In urgent need of future reduction in AMU in the dairy industry, this review article describes and discusses possible approaches promising prompt implementation, including therapeutical alternatives as well as pro- and metaphylactic concepts such as the implementation of evidence-based mastitis therapy concepts and selective dry cow treatment (sDCT), in search of the most effective and contemporary methods for decreasing AMU and AMR in dairy production.

KW - Animals

KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage

KW - Cattle

KW - Dairying/methods

KW - Drug Resistance, Microbial

KW - Female

KW - Mastitis, Bovine/drug therapy

U2 - 10.1111/rda.13032

DO - 10.1111/rda.13032

M3 - Review

C2 - 28815847

VL - 52

SP - 21

EP - 29

JO - Reproduction in Domestic Animals

JF - Reproduction in Domestic Animals

SN - 0936-6768

IS - Suppl 3

ER -