Use cow-level data for dry-off success
Vets will be expected to only prescribe antibiotics where there is evidence of its requirement, according to Dr Stuart Childs of Teagasc.
“Vets will be expected to only prescribe antibiotics where there is evidence of its requirement”, said Dr Stuart Childs of Teagasc, when he hosted a recent edition of Teagasc’s Dairy Edge podcast on selective dry cow therapy.
He was speaking to Teagasc mastitis researcher Dr Pablo Silva Boloña about the EU regulation of veterinary medicinal products, which no longer permits blanket treatment of cows with antibiotics at dry-off to prevent infections in the dry period.
