Table 3 The number of study animals categorized by primary injury or other disability, production system (beef or dairy) and age (< 24 or ≥24 months of age).
| Â | Production system, age (months) | Â | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary injury or other disability, based on body system | Beef | Dairy | Subtotal | Total % | ||
|  | <24 | ≥24 | < 24 | ≥24 |  |  |
Cardiac | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | Â | 19(1.5) |
Digestive | 13 | 20 | 3 | 36 | Â | 72 (5.7) |
Eye | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | Â | 13(1.0) |
Head | 6 | 8 | 1 | 8 | Â | 23 (1.8) |
Integument | 5 | 9 | 0 | 6 | Â | 20(1.6) |
Locomotory | 330 | 331 | 93 | 211 | Â | 965(76.9) |
   Fracture/Injury |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreleg | 39 | 26 | 10 | 21 | 96 | Â |
Hindleg | 118 | 82 | 32 | 71 | 303 | Â |
Leg (not specified) | 24 | 30 | 12 | 14 | 80 | Â |
Spinal/back | 54 | 44 | 20 | 28 | 146 | Â |
Hip/pelvic | 31 | 56 | 5 | 28 | 120 | Â |
Shoulder | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 23 | Â |
   Lameness |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreleg | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | Â |
Hindleg | 18 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 59 | Â |
Lame (not specified) | 14 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 54 | Â |
   Deformed legs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 |  |
   Paralysis | 4 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 25 |  |
   Spastic paresis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |  |
   Recumbent | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 |  |
   Other | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 18 |  |
Reproductive | 12 | 41 | 5 | 21 | Â | 79(6.3) |
Respiratory | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | Â | 21(1.7) |
Others | 8 | 14 | 5 | 16 | Â | 43(3.4) |
Total (%) | 384(30.6) | 440 (35.1) | 112 (8.9) | 319 (25.4) | Â | 1255 |