Table E.3: Bacteriological finding, clinical mastitis or somatic cell counts reported for loose housing systems with mainly cubicle systems

Country	n(a)	ø herd size (range)	Variable	Level	Measure	Mean/prevalence	Reference
Bacteriological findings (BACT)
CAN	372	84	S. aur. in BM	Herd	Prev.	35%	Bauman et al. (2018)
CH	46	27 (10–48)	Quarter bact pos. & SCC > 100	Herd	Prev.	16.9%	Ivemeyer et al. (2011)
DE, DK	30	85 (29–215)	Quarter bact pos. & SCC > 100	Herd	Prev.	12.3%	Ivemeyer et al. (2018)
Clinical mastitis (CM)
CAN	24	65	CM/100 cow‐years at risk	Herd	Prev.	16.8%	Levison et al. (2016)
Somatic cell count (SCC)
CAN	11,019	na	gBMSCC	Herd	Mean	199	Bauman et al. (2018)
CAN	24	65	gBMSCC	Herd	Mean	232	Levison et al. (2016)
CH	46	27 (10–48)	SCS over 1 year	Herd	Mean	2.85	Ivemeyer et al. (2011)
			SCC > 100 quarters	Herd	Prev.	29.6%
			newinf (from 100 to > 200)	Herd	Incidence	8.9%
DE, DK	30	85 (29–215)	SCS over 1 year	Herd	Mean	3.22	Ivemeyer et al. (2018)
NL	173	79	SCC > 150	Herd	Prev.	25.5%	Santman‐Berends et al. (2012)

^(a)Number of farms.