2022

Associations between udder health, udder health management and antimicrobial consumption: Insights into the mechanisms influencing antibiotic usage in German dairy farms

Franziska Preine¹ and Volker Krömker ²

¹ Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Faculty II, Microbiology, Heisterbergallee 10a, 30453, Hannover, Germany; franziska.preine@stud.hs-hannover.de
² Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Section for Production, Nutrition and Health, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegårdsvej 2, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark; volker.kroemker@sund.ku.dk

Is the incidence of clinical mastitis associated with changes of weekly average dry matter intake in lactating dairy cows?

Julia Brennecke ¹, Ulrike Falkenberg ², Nicole Wente ³ and Volker Krömker ⁴ 

¹ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Mechanical and Bioprocess Engineering, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hanover 30453, Germany; brenner3108@googlemail.com
² Cattle Health Service of the Mecklenburg Vorpommern Animal Disease Fund, Neustrelitzer Str. 120/C, D-17033 Neubrandenburg, Germany; u.falkenberg@tskmv.de
³ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Mechanical and Bioprocess Engineering, University of Applied
Sciences and Arts, Hanover 30453, Germany; nicole.wente@hs-hannover.de
⁴ Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark, volker.kroemker@sund.ku.dk