Table 1.
Summary of parturient and postparturient events in 462 Holstein cattle that were either untreated (cow n = 53, 1st lactation heifer n = 174, total n = 227) or received 0.5 mg/kg BW meloxicam (cow n = 46, 1st lactation heifer n = 189, total n = 235) within the hour following calving up to 24 h recorded by the farm worker or veterinarian
| Event | Meloxicam number of events for male calves | Meloxicam number of events for female calves | Meloxicam incidence of events total | Control number of events for male calves | Control number of events for female calves | Control incidence of events total | Chi-square P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calf gender | 113 | 118 | 48.1% | 102 | 113 | 44.9% | 0.79 |
| Missing gender information | 4 | 12 | |||||
| Calving difficulty: | |||||||
| Missing calving score | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Missing calving score and gender information | 4 | 11 | |||||
| Unassisted | 19 | 36 | 23.4% | 15 | 25 | 17.6% | 0.23 |
| Easy | 71 | 71 | 60.4% | 71 | 78 | 65.6% | |
| Hard | 16 | 8 | 10.2% | 16 | 8 | 10.6% | |
| Surgery | 1 | 1 | 0.85% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stillborn calves | 8 | 15 | 11.5% | 13 | 5 | 11.9% | 0.86 |
| Stillborn calves — missing gender information | 4 | 9 | |||||
| Twins | 1 | 1 | 0.85% | 1 | 0 | 0.44% | 1.00 |
| Retained fetal membranes | 13 | 8 | 8.9% | 14 | 8 | 10.6% | 0.55 |
| Retained fetal membranes — missing gender information | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Metritis | 2 | 6 | 3.4% | 5 | 3 | 4.4% | 0.58 |
| Metritis — missing gender information | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Mastitis | 8 | 17 | 10.6% | 14 | 15 | 13.2% | 0.39 |
| Mastitis — missing gender information | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Displaced abomasums | 1 | 2 | 1.3% | 3 | 2 | 2.2% | 0.49 |
*
Note: Fisher’s exact test used where < 5 per any cell existed.