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. 2023 May 16;21(5):e07993. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7993

Table 47.

Comparison of housing systems regarding metabolic disorders indicators

Country Variable Tie‐stall Cubicle Straw yard Compost‐bedded pack Reference
NO HYPOCAL‐c: treatments ns ns Simensen et al. (2010)
KETO‐c: treatments
SE KETO‐c or DISABO‐c: high‐incidence ns ns Stengärde et al. (2012)
USA ACID‐sc: FPR < 1.0 (↓) Dechow et al. (2011)
KETO‐sc: fat Δ 1st test day to nadir ns ns
AT ACID‐sc: FPR < 1 Schenkenfelder and Winckler (2022)
KETO‐sc: FPR > 1.5 ns ns
DE, FR, IT, NL, UK KETO‐c: BHB ≥ 100 μmol/L ns ns ns Berge and Vertenten (2014)
USA KETO‐c: diagnoses Richert et al. (2013)
HYPOCAL‐c: diagnoses ns ns ns
AT, DE, IT, NL, SI, SE KETO‐sc: FPR > 1.4 ns ns Emanuelson et al. (2022)

(↓) = tendency for fewer metabolic disorders (p < 0.1),  = significantly more metabolic disorders (p < 0.05); ns = not significant.