Development and daily management of an explicit strategy of nonuse of antimicrobial drugs in twelve Danish organic dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1842-1853

  Vaarst, M ^a   Bennedsgaard, T W ^a   Klaas, I ^a   Nissen, T B ^b   Thamsborg, S M ^c   Ostergaard S ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b Danish Association of Organic Farming   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mastitis treatment; Nonantimicrobial treatment strategy; Organic dairy farming

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HYGIENE; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CATTLE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DAIRYING; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYGIENE; MASTITIS, BOVINE;

EID: 33745931656     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72253-6     Document Type: Article

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