Reducing the incidence of intramammary infection in heifers by using prepartum systemic tylosin therapy: initial results of a single herd pilot study

Background: mastitis in heifers is recognized as an important problem that impacts animal health and wellbeing and reduces milk quality and lifetime productivity. Objective: to assess the effectiveness of intramuscular administration of tylosin (20 g) as a method to prevent and treat intramammary in...

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Main Authors: Genaro Andres Contreras, J David Munoz, Phil M Sears
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2013-06-01
Series:Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-06902013000200007&lng=en&tlng=en