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Annual incidence and mean % culling rates associated with the production diseases of dairy cows in >219 herds in UK 1998–2002 (derived from Whitaker et al., 2004)
| ‘Worst’ 25% farms | ‘Best’ 25% farms | Overall mean for all farms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual incidence of clinical cases (%) | |||
| Fertility problems | 21.4 | ||
| Lameness | 41.5 | 2.4 | 20.7 |
| Mastitis | 76.4 | 8.2 | 38.2 |
| Involuntary culling (%) | |||
| Infertility | 7.6 | 2.9 | 5.5 |
| Lameness | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| Mastitis | 6.7 | 1.8 | 4.2 |
