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. 2024 Apr 10;11:1392166. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1392166

Table 11.

Summary of calving death loss from 24 h to weaning from Canadian cow-calf herds reported in submitted breeding to weaning records (n = 543) for the C3SN between 2019 and 2022.

Calves alive at 24 h of age Percent of calves dead 24 h to weaning
Cows Heifers Total Cows Heifers Total
Total herd records N = 543 N = 518 N = 543 N = 542 N = 481 N = 542
Mean 170 30 199 3.9% 5.5% 4.1%
SD* 185 34 209 4.3% 8.8% 4.1%
2.5th percentile 29 0 34 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
5th percentile 34 0 39 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
25th percentile 68 9 79 1.5% 0.0% 1.7%
Median 120 19 138 2.9% 2.4% 3.1%
75th percentile 228 40 259 5.0% 8.0% 5.2%
95th percentile 424 92 488 11.2% 21.4% 11.5%
97.5th percentile 683 126 779 14.0% 28.6% 13.9%

Values for herds from Western and Eastern Canada are reported separately in Supplementary Tables S9a,b.

*Standard deviation.