Table I.22.

Culling rates reported for individual EU‐MS countries in epidemiological studies or based on national statistical data

Country, Region	Level	Year (a)	Ø Culling (b)	Reference
Germany	National (c)	2020	31.9	BRS (2021)
Netherlands	Sample (d)	2007–2010	23.0–28.0	Nor et al. (2014)
Ireland	National	2003–2006	21.3	Maher et al. (2008)
Sweden	National (c)	2020	35.8	Sverige (2021)

^(a)Year of recording.

^(b)Percentage of cows in the herd (over 1 year) that were removed from the farm for slaughter.

^(c)Farms participating in the official milk recording schemes.

^(d)n = 1,903.