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Table 1 Farm location, number of cows, number of cows treated and antimicrobials used

From: The costs of interdigital phlegmon in four loose-housed Finnish dairy herds

Farm, location

Cows total (n)

Infected cows (n)

Antimicrobials used during IP outbreak

A, Southern Finland

65

50

71 treatments: benzylpenicillina (300,000 IU/ml)

1 treatment: oxytetracyclineb (100 mg/ml)

B, Central Finland

40

7

4 treatments: oxytetracyclineb (100 mg/ml)

6 treatments: benzylpenicillinc (300 mg/ml)

C, Northern Ostrobothnia

80

36

22 treatments: benzylpenicillin natriumd (24 g)

18 treatments: benzylpenicillinc (300 mg/ml)

4 treatments: benzylpenicillina (300,000 IU/ml)

11 treatments: ceftiofure (50 mg/ml)

D, Central Finland

85

68

6 treatments: oxytetracyclineb (100 mg/ml)

32 treatments: benzylpenicillinc (300 mg/ml)

37 treatments ceftiofure (50 mg/ml)

  1. aEthacillin vet, MSD Animal Health, Finland, dose 20,000 IU/kg once a day 5 days
  2. bEngemycin LA vet, MSD Animal Health, Finland, dose 10 mg/kg 5 days
  3. cPenovet vet, Vetcare, Finland, dose 20 mg/kg once a day 5 days
  4. dGeepenil vet, Orion, Finland, dose 10 mg/kg, twice a day 4 days
  5. eCefenil vet, Vetmedic Animal Health OY, Finland, dose 1 mg/kg, once a day 3 days