So pleased you brought up dairy mastitis again bumpkin. Because...

So pleased you brought up dairy mastitis again bumpkin. Because I've got so much time on my hands I've been doing more research on the topic.

The New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries last month released an antibiotic sales analysis which revealed that while antibiotic sales in agriculture decreased by 19% between 2009 and 2011, there was a significant increase in the use of injectable tylosin in dairy cattle to treat mastitis. The Ministry has said that it will be investigating the increased antibiotic use to see whether a trend is emerging in order to limit the potential risk of antibiotic resistance emerging.

A spokesperson for the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand commented that the dairy industry is committed to using as little antibiotics as possible without compromising animal welfare or consumer safety.

New Zealand's dairy herd is significantly larger than Australia's - 6.6 million dairy cows versus 1.6 million here.



http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/rural/231673/mpi-investigates-dairy-antibiotic-use

http://www.dairynz.co.nz/dairynz_news.aspx?articleid=2145882680