PLF-No-Drug Project: precision animal husbandry to reduce the use of antibiotics

From January 2022 the preventive treatment of all cows will be prohibited, therefore it is necessary to select the cows to be subjected to antibiotic treatment. Selective drying takes on new value thanks to PLF which can support, as never before, choice and timing based on rational and concrete criteria that avoid the risk of increasing mastitis cases in the company and creating antibiotic resistance.

The PLFNODRUG project, funded by the Lombardy Region and created by the CREA Research Center for Zootechnics and Aquaculture, aims to provide the first indications on which data can be most useful in the barn to support the breeder and the veterinarian in evaluating the individual cow.

Program

• Information from precision animal husbandry for selective drying
  Fabio Abeni, Zootechnics and Aquaculture research center, CREA, Lodi

• How to look at selective drying: constraints and opportunities in relation to the specificities of your herd
  Francesca Petrera, Zootechnics and Aquaculture research center, CREA, Lodi

• The study of milk metagenomics to support udder health
  Rosanna Marino, Centro di ricerca Zootecnia e

• Information from precision animal husbandry for selective drying
  Fabio Abeni, Zootechnics and Aquaculture research center, CREA, Lodi