For livestock animals, the dry period represents a time of rest, essential to the success of upcoming lactation and further reproduction performances. Cows, pigs, goats and sheep’ status changes are greatly influenced by interrelated hormonal mechanisms. After dairy females are dried off, it is worth sustaining the hormonal processes they undergo in order to reduce skin inflammations and prolong their udder’s rest period. When dry-off is over, reproduction functions can be reactivated and optimised promptly by applying our methods. However, livestock species have different needs, the dry period therefore requires an appropriate follow-up which is often species-dependent.
Dry-off is a transitional phase between milk production and the actual "dry" period. This transition in physiological status is in fact triggered by a deep hormonal change.