Figure 3. On-farm culture is increasingly utilised on farm to identify cases of mastitis that may not require treatment with antibiotics.

Practical use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in farm practice

NSAIDs work by targeting the pro-inflammatory pathway and preventing synthesis of proinflammatory substances. They prevent the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins and thromboxane, by...

Figure 1. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs should be a standard part of the pain management in calves undergoing disbudding.

An introduction to NSAIDs for cattle: recommendations for the veterinary surgeon

The literature on the use of NSAIDs in cattle is growing — a quick search using Scopus with search terms ‘NSAID’ and ‘cattle’ identified 228 documents of which half had been published in the last 9...