Barry Bradford, PhD, recommends sound transition cow management steps to prevent acute inflammation. This article is a good reference when working with dairy producers and their herd teams. His five steps are:
- Manage body condition score
- Transition cow housing
- Antioxidants
- Anionic diets
- Tweaking immunity/inflammation: remember, the use of NSAIDs to treat non-specific post-calving inflammation is currently not FDA approved
Source: Dairy Herd Management, November 18, 2022. Link.