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Different European Perspectives on the Treatment of Subclinical Mastitis in Dairy Cows

Jan Kortstegge¹, Karin Persson Waller², Christian Scherpenzeel³, Jože Starič⁴, Luis Pínho⁵, Peter Kovacs⁶, Olivier Salat⁷, Andy Biggs⁸, Paolo Moroni^9,10 and Volker Krömker¹*

¹ Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Faculty II, Microbiology, 30453 Hannover, Germany; jan.kortstegge@tiho-hannover.de (J.K.)

² National Veterinary Institute (SVA), SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden; karin.persson-waller@sva.se (K.P.W.)

³ Royal GD Animal Health, 7400 AA Deventer, the Netherlands; c.scherpenzeel@gddiergezondheid.nl (C.S.)

⁴ Veterinary faculty, University of Ljubljana, Gerbičeva ul. 60, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; joze.staric@vf.uni-lj.si (J.S.)

⁵ SVAexpleite,LdªR. Dom Sancho I, 3202 B4760-485 Fradelos VNF, Portugal; Department of Veterinary Clinics, ICBAS - School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal, luispinho@sva.pt (L.P.)

⁶ Department of Animal Hygiene, Herd Health and Mobile Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, H-1078 Budapest, István utca 2., Hungary; kovacs.peter@univet.hu (P.K.)

⁷ Veterinary Clinic of Haute Auvergne, ZA Montplain Allauzier, 15100 Saint-Flour, France; olivier.salat@free.fr (O.S.)

⁸ The Vale Veterinary Group, Station Road, Tiverton, Devon EX16 4LF, UK; andrewmartinbiggs@gmail.com (A.B.)

⁹ Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences (Unimi-Divas), University of Milan, 26900 Lodi LO, Italy; paolo.moroni@unimi.it (P.M.)

¹⁰ Laboratorio di Malattie Infettive degli Animali - MiLab, University of Milan, 26900 Lodi LO, Italy; paolo.moroni@unimi.it (P.M.)

¹¹ Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Section for Production, Nutrition and Health, University of Copenhagen, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark (V.K.)

*Corresponding author: Volker Krömker; Phone: +4520693354; E-Mail: volker.kroemker@sund.ku.dk