Farmers’ attitude toward the introduction of selective dry cow therapy

Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus dysgalactiae in Norwegian herds after introduction of selective dry cow therapy and teat dipping.

The objective was to promote a reduction in the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus dysgalactiae after 2 years of selective dry cow therapies and teat dipping/external teat sealant implementation. Three different dry cow treatments, one long-acting and two short-acting penicillin-based products were tested at herd level together with a negative control teat dipping group, an i...

Economic aspects of dry cow therapy

Dry cow therapy has been part of mastitis control since the 1970s and has been one point of the five point scheme. In many countries many, if not most, dairy farmers apply dry cow therapy as part of their farm specific mastitis control plan. The general advice in the five point plan is that all cows, at drying off, should be treated with a specific long acting antibiotic formulation the blanket...

Antibiotic dry cow therapy: where next?

Control of Mastitis through dry cow therapy: A review

Introduction Mastitis is one of the most economically important diseases of milch animals and also causes the changes in glandular tissues affecting quality and quantity of milk [1]. Mastitis continues to be the most costly disease of dairy animals. Field surveys of major livestock diseases in Pakistan have ranked mastitis as number one disease of dairy animals [2,3]. In Nili-Ravi buffaloes, ma...

Farmers’ Attitude toward the Soil Conservation Practices in the Kushk-Abad Catchment Basins in the Province of Khorasan Razavi, Iran

The purpose of this study is to assess Farmers’ attitude toward the soil conservation practices in the Kushk-Abad catchment basins in the province of Khorasan Razavi. A sample of 200 farmers was randomly selected from 1200 farmers living in Kardeh catchment basin. Data collection was done through a questionnaire that was administered in 2014. Validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by a pan...