Effects of antibiotic therapy at drying off on mastitis in the dry period and early lactation [dairy cows]

Browning, J.W.; Mein, G.A.; Barton, M.; Nicholls, T.J.; Brightling, P. . Regional Veterinary Lab.

Effects of antibiotic therapy at drying off on mastitis in the dry period and early lactation [dairy cows]

1990

Browning, J.W. | Mein, G.A. | Barton, M. | Nicholls, T.J. | Brightling, P. (Victorian Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Bairnsdale (Australia). Regional Veterinary Lab.)

Four strategies for selecting cows for intramammary therapy with benzathine cloxacillin at drying off were compared in 12 herds. Results indicate that therapy is not warranted as a means of preventing new infections during the dry period, but that it offers strong protection to uninfected quarters of infected cows.

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