[en] The 21st century is rich in mutations regarding veterinary medicine; society has never been so far from farm animal practices in industrialized countries, and so demanding in developing nations for a continuous milk and meat production. Meanwhile, even this great distance in northern nations between agriculture and society, our work has never been so much analyzed for its potential risk on human health and production quality. As health is now globalized, following trade and science, exchange could be the source of several pathological emergences. Focusing on animal health, our responsibility toward “larga manu” use of antibiotics has been identified and criticized. This situation is also happening in a time where, nevertheless our industrialization of agricultural production, ancillary exams are still expensive, and most of the time non valuable regarding a common cattle practice time schedule. So yes, we are mainly still experiencing empirical use of antibiotics like our pairs did, back several decades before. Yet, there exists nowadays many tools to analyze whether our practice could be considered as harmful to humanity survival and good use of priority antibiotics. We therefore have to reconsider our practice of Antibiotherapy, regarding these new challenges and find new ways for medical management of infectious diseases.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Theron, Léonard ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département clinique des animaux de production (DCP) > Thériogenologie des animaux de production
Hanzen, Christian ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département clinique des animaux de production (DCP) > Thériogenologie des animaux de production
Language :
English
Title :
Antibiotherapy in bovine mastitis – Drugs or Therapeutics?
Alternative titles :
[fr] Antibiothérapie de la glande mammaire - Substance ou Thérapeutique?