Calf as a sensitive group
One of the groups of animals, where the use substantially much antibiotics are cows. Among the causes, as dr Golębiewski notices, they dominate primarily diseases related to the respiratory system.
– Prevention is most four fold cheaper than fighting fires, for this is worth investing in, especially in welfare, understood as the environment of animals – stresses dr Golębiewski.
This is according to the expert one of the most important areas, also f from the viewpoint economic production and longevity of animals. An animal, which gets
sick at young age never will be longevity like a cow.
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Cows in lactation also at risk
The second area about which the expert mentioned, is an area related to the same sourcing milk. Selection has caused that today the best cow produces over 160 liters of milk per day.
The system responsible for secretion of milk has been extensively developed over years, at which the other systems, in that the
resistance system have been on similar level. In effect animals are more exposed to activity of disease-causing pathogens.
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The period in which use a substantially large amount of microbials is the period of drought. Under the binding law we should use antibiotics only in animals that aresick.AsindicatesDrGolębiewski,wehaveasked ourselvesa challenge,withouta solution,thatcouldbeprovidedtobreeders,asanalternativetotheuseofantibiotics.
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