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Table 1 Disability weight class and estimated disease duration

From: A comparison of a novel time-based summary measure of dairy cow health against cumulative disease frequency

DISEASE

Disability Weight Class

Duration (d)

Calving trauma

0.6

2

Diarrhea

0.4

2

Ketosis

0.5

2

Lame (hoof only)

0.5

5

LDA

0.6

3

Mastitis

0.5

5

Metritis

0.5

4

Milk Fever

0.5

1

Musculoskeletal injury*

0.6

5

Pneumonia

0.6

4

Retained Placenta

0.4

2

  1. *leg, hip, back
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Irish Veterinary Journal

ISSN: 2046-0481