Dry-cow therapy is designed to eliminate existing mastitis infections and prevent new infections from occurring.
Just because you dry-treat cows does not mean you should neglect other aspects of your dry-cow management program, says Richard Meiring, veterinarian at Ohio State University’s Large Animal Services in Marysville, Ohio. A dirty environment, for example, can overwhelm any dry-cow treatment.
"Effective dry-cow management must include environmental management, nutritional management and vaccinations, as well as dry-cow therapy," Meiring says.
A good reminder about dry-cow therapy
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