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Reducing antimicrobial use on dairy farms using a herd health approach
Author(s) -
Hyde Robert,
Tisdall David,
Gordon Paddy,
Remnant John
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.l5518
Subject(s) - scrutiny , antimicrobial , livestock , government (linguistics) , antibiotic resistance , herd , agriculture , psychological intervention , business , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental health , veterinary medicine , geography , political science , biology , antibiotics , nursing , law , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , forestry
Background: There has been much scrutiny of antimicrobial use in the livestock sector, since the O’Neill report, a 2015 government ‐commissioned review of antimicrobial resistance, called for the agriculture industry to reduce its use of antimicrobials. Aim of the article: This article outlines key herd health approaches to common diseases on dairy farms that will result in a decrease in antimicrobial use, with a focus on those interventions that are most likely to result in the biggest reductions.