Short communication: Herd-level analysis of antimicrobial use and mortality in veal calves: Do herds with low usage face higher mortality?

The veal calf sector fears that a too-rapid and large decrease in antimicrobial use (AMU) as demanded by European authorities would increase mortality, causing economic and welfare issues. To determine whether this concern is justified, the relationship between AMU (total and different classes) and...

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Published in:	Journal of dairy science 2020-01, Vol.103 (1), p.909-914
Main Authors:	Bokma, J., Boone, R., Deprez, P., Pardon, B.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	animal welfare Animal Welfare - ethics Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology antimicrobial resistance Cattle Cattle Diseases - mortality Cattle Diseases - prevention & control cephalosporins cohort studies Drug Utilization ethics farms food-producing animal herd size industry linear models Logistic Models logit analysis macrolides Macrolides - administration & dosage Macrolides - pharmacology monitoring mortality Mycoplasma bovis Retrospective Studies Risk Factors standard deviation veal veal calves veal company
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