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Table 4.

Data from 12-month list of farm M in the HH and PM programme, % in months February until May were converted to prevalence figures on a yearly basis

Disease/Disorder M
(100 dairy cows, yearly 40% fresh heifers)
# on*
08/02
# on
09/03
# on
06/04
# on
04/05
Year '05-
'06
Target February
-May
(Yb)
# abortion 0 0 0 0 2% ≤2% 0%
# abnormal births 0 0 1 1 3% 0% 3%
# calves dead at birth 1 0 1 0 6% ≤5% 7%
# calves dead >24 hr 0 0 1 1 5% ≤3% 3%
# calves: diarrhoea 0 0 0 0 0 ≤2% 0%
# calves: cough 2 2 2 1 29% ≤5% 17%
# barren heifers 0 0 1 0 19% ≤30% 5%
# inseminations/heifer - - - - 2.04 2.00 2.19

* = number of disease cases in the month prior to the farm visit.