Antibiotic Prescribing Behaviour in Dairy Cattle on Drought Season in Kawi Mountain - Indonesia

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the antibiotic treatment behaviour of Friesian Holstein dairy cows throughout the dry season on the slopes of Kawi Mountain, Indonesia. The survey was undertaken on typical cases during the dry season. The complementary data were obtained from the daily treatment report of the local veterinarian service, followed by a comparison of data analysis based on the veterinary drug usage manual handbook, a common source of veterinary practice guidelines in Indonesia. The results revealed that 78.9% of treatments were antibiotics, and 21.05 % were non-antibiotics. The antibiotics employed were oxytetracycline 68.44%, ceftiofur 25%, gentamicin 25%, penicillin-streptomycin 19.17%, and enrofloxacin 11.1%, to treat various infectious diseases such as mastitis, enteritis, Bovine Ephimearal Fever (BEF), pyometra and endometritis. The focus on executing the proper diagnostic step is necessary to reduce the overuse of antibiotics that promotes antibiotic resistance in dairy cows and antibiotic residue in livestock products.