Table 1.

Non-compliance/failure prevalences on the whole farm sample (n=943) and related to the herd dimension.

	Non-compliance/failure	Whole sample (%)	Small-scale farms (%)	Medium-scale farms (%)	Large-scale farms (%)
1.	No alarm system giving warning of a breakdown*	70	70	70	71
2.	No emergency automatic system (ventilators)*	66	61	70	73
3.	No training courses on animal welfare for the stockperson	66	77	70	43
4.	No colostrum bank	65	71	63	56
5.	No control plans for parasites	65	65	68	64
6.	Coverage only formed by roof covering	64	61	69	61
7.	No structures to protect animals not kept in buildings from adverse weather conditions*	63	68	57	43
8.	No vaccination program	61	81	56	32
9.	No control plan against rodents	62	82	64	27
10.	No footbathing	58	83	53	19
11.	Fittings for securing animals without anti-suffocating system	58	70	63	33
12.	No systems regulating the air flow rate	57	49	64	66
13.	Stockperson without specific professional training*	37-57	22-78	33-58	12-26
14.	No gap in the gable roof ridge	47	62	47	30
15.	No programmed veterinary assistance	43	65	44	9
16.	No control plan against flies	43	59	45	15
17.	No gradual introduction of primiparous cows in milking groups	39	41	43	32
18.	No mastitis control plan	37	50	41	13
19.	No alternative water supply	38	37	41	36
20.	No routinary foot care	32	50	30	4
21.	No storage area for toxic waste	35	46	39	12
22.	Barriers in the milking parlor entrance	31	25	35	36
23.	Inadequate number of water tanks	20-37	na	na	na
24.	No consulting of a nutritionist	29	45	27	10
25.	No specific area for loading/unloading animals	26	34	26	11
26.	Inadequate frequency of analysis on drinking water	24	28	28	12
27.	Low tie-stall dimensions	25-32	na	na	na
28.	Individual pens for calves with solid walls*	22	9	15	24
29.	High number of somatic cells	23	33	19	10
30.	No access to a suitable water supply for animals not kept in buildings*	21	26	13	22
31.	High cow mortality	20	7	20	38
32.	High frequency of clinical mastitis	20	26	18	11
33.	No quarantine for new entries	18	27	20	7
34.	Internal surfaces not easy to clean/disinfect*	18	29	14	8
35.	No possibility of a rapid evacuation in case of fire	19	34	11	2
36.	No exercise corridors	18	24	16	12
37.	Inadequate resting area	16-18	na	na	na
38.	No bedding for calves less than 2 weeks of age*	14	12	13	16
39.	High calves mortality	14	11	17	16
40.	No isolation accomodation*	15	23	11	4
41.	Disbudding on calves older than 21 days*	14	18	14	7
42.	Inadequate hygiene measures in the partum area	14	19	17	5
43.	No cleaning/disinfection of the pens of the calves*	11	18	10	4
44.	No fibrous food administered to calves older than 2 weeks*	11	13	11	6
45.	Calves tethered*	11	21	5	2

na, not available. Intervals show minimum and maximum prevalence values found out in different productive categories.

*Indicates non-compliance with law in force.