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Table 4 Data from 12-month list of farm M in the HH and PM programme, % in months February until May were converted to prevalence figures on a yearly basis

From: Imbedding HACCP principles in dairy herd health and production management: case report on calf rearing

Disease/Disorder

M

(100 dairy cows, yearly 40% fresh heifers)

 

# on*

08/02

# on

09/03

# on

06/04

# on

04/05

Year '05-

'06

Target

February

-May

(Yb)

# abortion

0

0

0

0

2%

≤2%

0%

# abnormal births

0

0

1

1

3%

0%

3%

# calves dead at birth

1

0

1

0

6%

≤5%

7%

# calves dead >24 hr

0

0

1

1

5%

≤3%

3%

# calves: diarrhoea

0

0

0

0

0

≤2%

0%

# calves: cough

2

2

2

1

29%

≤5%

17%

# barren heifers

0

0

1

0

19%

≤30%

5%

# inseminations/heifer

-

-

-

-

2.04

2.00

2.19

  1. * = number of disease cases in the month prior to the farm visit.