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Table 1 Veterinary farm visits to sick calves, antibiotic spend and number of calvings on a farm with ten cattle persistently infected (PI) with BVD virus

From: Disease screening profiles and colostrum management practices on 16 Irish suckler beef farms

 

21st Sept. 2009- 6 th July 2010 (A*)

21st Sept. 2010- 6th July 2011 (B**)

1 Percentage increase/decrease

Calvings (number)

82

115

40

Vet. calls to sick calves (number)

12

10

−17

Total antibiotic spend (€)

1302

696

−47

Antibiotic spend on calves (€)

972

637

−34

  1. 1The percentage increase/decrease between the period when PI cattle were born and were present on the farm until slaughter and the corresponding period twelve months later. ((A-B) ÷ A) × 100. *Period of time that ten PI cattle were born and present on the farm until slaughter. **Corresponding period twelve months later.