This time the team are joined by Kathryn Rowland, Senior Farm Services Manager, Kingshay Farming & Conservation Ltd.
Like usual we start with Kathryn's background, from a dairy farm in West Dorset, to where she is today with Kingshay before we move on to today's topic of the Antimicrobial Focus Report.
We take a look at different aspects and discuss the trends of the report, and look at how while the use of antimicrobials on farm is down, the overall health of the herds in the report has not suffered as a consequence.
We take a look at some of the drugs having the biggest impact on the report, regional variations, herd level comparisons and how there is no correlation between antimicrobial usage and calving pattern, milking frequency, housing period or breed.
Along the way we discuss how the results are a "good news" story for the industry and how this needs to be shared with the wider audience.
Download your copy of the report, for free, from the Kingshay website: Dairy Antimicrobial Focus Report 2024 - Shop - Kingshay
This was recorded in January 2025 and all information was correct at the time of recording.
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