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Table 6 Disease-adjusted lactation (DALact) days of life lost compared against morbidity-based and removal-inclusive (biological culling and death) cumulative frequency rankings of diseases, and the ranking of time lost to on-farm clinical disease alone (DLI). A rank of 1 indicates the highest cumulative frequency or most time lost versus a rank of 11 indicating the lowest cumulative frequency or least time lost

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

DISEASE (Dairy 1)

Morbidity-based cumulative frequency rank

Removal-inclusive cumulative frequency rank

DLI rank

DALact rank

Calving trauma

10

11

10

5

Diarrhea

8

8

8

8

Ketosis

6

6

7

9

Lame (hoof only)

2

2

2

4

LDA

7

7

5

3

Mastitis

1

1

1

1

Metritis

3

3

3

7

Milk Fever

9

9

9

10

Musculoskeletal injury (leg, hip, back)

10

10

10

6

Pneumonia

5

5

4

2

Retained Placenta

4

4

6

11

DISEASE (Dairy 2)

Morbidity-based cumulative frequency rank

Removal-inclusive cumulative frequency rank

DLI rank

DALact rank

Calving trauma

10

11

10

5

Diarrhea

5

5

7

7

Ketosis

7

7

8

9

Lame (hoof only)

1

1

1

2

LDA

8

8

6

4

Mastitis

2

2

2

1

Metritis

3

3

3

8

Milk Fever

9

10

9

11

Musculoskeletal injury (leg, hip, back)

10

9

10

6

Pneumonia

6

6

4

3

Retained Placenta

4

4

5

10

DISEASE (Dairy 3)

Morbidity-based cumulative frequency rank

Removal-inclusive cumulative frequency rank

DLI rank

DALact rank

Calving trauma

10

10

10

7

Diarrhea

7

8

7

8

Ketosis

9

10

9

9

Lame (hoof only)

1

1

1

3

LDA

5

5

5

6

Mastitis

2

2

2

1

Metritis

3

3

3

5

Milk Fever

8

9

8

10

Musculoskeletal injury (leg, hip, back)

10

6

10

2

Pneumonia

6

7

6

4

Retained Placenta

4

4

4

11