Noodzakelijke stappen naar een daling van het antibioticumgebruik op Vlaamse melkveebedrijven - Deel 1 : preventie en selectief droogzetten = Required steps towards antibiotic reduction on Flemish dairy farms - Part 1 : prevention and selective dry cow therapy

Also in Belgium, the agricultural sector has been under pressure for quite a while regarding the ex-cessive and insufficiently substantiated use of antibiotics and the link with the development of acquired antibiotic resistance, also in human pathogens. Since 2012, many efforts have been taken by several animal sectors to restrict the excessive use and misuse of antibiotics through recommendations, sensi-bilization, non-statutory measurements and through legislation. Also in the dairy sector, the search towards more prudent use of these important products is on-going, aiming at the rational us... Mehr ...