Mastitis is the most frequent disease of dairy cows and has well-recognized detrimental
effects on animal wellbeing and dairy farm profitability. Since the beginning of modern dairy …

Simple Summary The welfare of farm animals is a growing concern in the EU and across the
world. In milk production, there is a strong need to assess the welfare of dairy cows. One of …

EFSA and EMA have jointly reviewed measures taken in the EU to reduce the need for and
use of antimicrobials in food‐producing animals, and the resultant impacts on antimicrobial …

Antimicrobial use (AMU) in animal production is a key contributor to antimicrobial resistance
(AMR) worldwide. As consumption of animal protein and associated animal production is …

Administering intramammary antimicrobials to all mammary quarters of dairy cows at drying-
off [ie, blanket dry cow therapy (BDCT)] has been a mainstay of mastitis prevention and …

Treatment of clinical mastitis (CM) and use of antimicrobials for dry cow therapy are
responsible for the majority of animal-defined daily doses of antimicrobial use (AMU) on …

Staphylococcus aureus is a formidable bacterial pathogen that is responsible for infections
in humans and various species of wild, companion, and agricultural animals. The ability of S …

Staphylococcus aureus, one of the main contagious mastitis pathogens worldwide, is
characterized for causing chronic intramammary infections that respond poorly to …

Use of antimicrobials in animal agriculture is under increasing scrutiny, but the quantity of
antimicrobials used on large US dairy farms has not been evaluated using data from large …

The use of antimicrobials for the treatment of food-producing animals is increasingly
scrutinized and regulated based on concerns about maintaining the efficacy of …