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1631: Mastitis and Antibiotics

This paper is prepared from an article by Peter Watson, ADAS

Year of Publication2012

The potential risks to human health mean there is a real possibility that in the near future the use of antibiotics in dry cows will only be permitted in quarters known (by culture) to be infected. This will be expensive to organise and will have both economic and welfare impacts.

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• Subject Collection > Livestock & dairy > Animal health & welfare
• Subject Collection > Livestock & dairy > Dairy production
• Subject Collection > Livestock & dairy > Veterinary practice

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