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

Table 3.

Summary of pregnancy outcome indicators from Canadian cow-calf herds reported in submitted annual herd calving records (n = 565) for the C3SN between 2019 and 2022.

Number females calving Percent of pregnant cows that aborted Percent of calves dead within 24 h Percent of calving females with twins
Cows Heifers Total Cows Heifers Total Cows Heifers Total Cows Heifers Total
Total herd records N = 565 N = 520 N = 565 N = 559 N = 519 N = 559 N = 563 N = 523 N = 563 N = 564 N = 523 N = 564
Mean 165 33 196 1.6% 2.9% 1.8% 2.5% 3.9% 2.7% 3.1% 1.4% 2.9%
SD* 151 35 180 1.9% 9.3% 2.5% 2.3% 5.7% 2.2% 2.6% 3.3% 2.3%
2.5th percentile 27 3 32 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
5th percentile 33 4 39 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
25th percentile 65 11 78 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 1.0% 0.0% 1.2% 1.3% 0.0% 1.3%
Median 120 22 138 1.1% 0.0% 1.3% 2.1% 1.7% 2.2% 2.6% 0.0% 2.4%
75th percentile 226 43 261 2.2% 3.1% 2.3% 3.4% 6.0% 3.8% 4.2% 1.3% 3.9%
95th percentile 407 97 490 4.7% 10.0% 4.7% 6.5% 14.3% 6.9% 7.9% 7.1% 7.1%
97.5th percentile 615 131 754 6.5% 16.7% 6.9% 8.3% 20.0% 8.3% 9.8% 9.1% 8.7%

Values for herds from Western and Eastern Canada are reported separately in Supplementary Tables S3a,b.

*Standard deviation.