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Table 2 Various components of the herd health and production management service divided into routine monitoring, analysing or preventive characteristics (answers of farmers and their veterinary surgeons in %)

From: The marketing of herd health and production management services on Dutch dairy farms: perceptions of dairy farmers and their veterinary surgeons

 

All farms

Group A

(Farms with quota

≤ 250,000 kg)

Group B

(Farms with quota

≥ 750,000 kg)

Veterinary

Surgeon

Reproductive routine monitoring

95.8

91.7

94.7

99.4

   Ditto analysing

22.5

0.0

23.7

54.0

   Ditto preventive

13.5

8.3

7.9

39.9

Udder health routine monitoring

19.5

16.7

10.5

56.4

   Ditto analysing

52.6

50.0

50.0

73.7

   Ditto preventive

24.6

16.7

23.7

66.7

Claw health routine monitoring

9.0

8.3

10.5

49.2

   Ditto analysing

18.9

16.7

21.1

46.9

   Ditto preventive

17.2

33.3

15.8

55.5

Feeding routine monitoring

18.2

16.7

15.8

50.4

   Ditto analysing

28.5

25.0

23.7

71.4

   Ditto preventive

9.9

16.7

15.8

45.9

Replacement rearing routine monitoring

22.2

8.3

31.6

52.3

   Ditto analysing

24.7

25.0

34.2

29.8

   Ditto preventive

32.1

25.0

31.6

66.4

Housing routine monitoring

5.7

0.0

10.5

NA

   Ditto analysing

16.5

8.3

13.2

NA

   Ditto preventive

12.6

25.0

7.9

NA

Milk quality routine monitoring

11.4

25.0

2.6

NA

   Ditto analysing

18.7

8.3

21.1

NA

   Ditto preventive

11.1

8.3

5.3

NA