Economic perspectives on blanket and selective dry cow therapy

Dry cow therapy (DCT) is an efficient measure to control intramammary infections (IMI) in dairy herds. In a blanket- DCT practice (BDCT), all cows receive antibiotics at dry-off. In a selective-DCT practice (SDCT), treatments are targeted only at infected cows. Our objective was to compare the econ...

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Main Authors: Anna-Maija Heikkilä, Riitta E. Niemi, Päivi J. Rajala-Schultz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland 2022-10-01
Series:Agricultural and Food Science
Online Access:https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/119927