TABLE 3:
Details of passive transfer by farm as measured in the first week of life*
| Farm | n calves | % supplemented | IgG (mg/ml) | Total protein (mg/ml) | n (%) calves with failure of passive transfer | |
| IgG <12 (mg/ml) | IgG <10 (mg/ml) | |||||
| A | 54 | 11.1 | 25.3±10.2a | 65.9±13.4ab | 7 (13) | 6 (11.1) |
| B | 36 | 75 | 17.3±6.5bcd | 53.1±6.1de | 9 (25) | 7 (19.4) |
| C | 48 | 93.8 | 19.2±8.0bcd | 53.9±6.7de | 7 (14.6) | 4 (8.3) |
| D | 51 | 0 | 15.7 ± 9.3cd | 52.6±7.1de | 18 (35.3) | 15 (29.4) |
| E | 48 | 2.1 | 13.1±10.6d | 48.8±8.5e | 18 (37.5) | 18 (37.5) |
| F | 39 | 100 | 20.4±7.4abc | 57.6±5.3cd | 7 (17.9) | 6 (15.4) |
| G | 35 | 8.6 | 16.2 ± 8.9cd | 54.1±7.1de | 9 (25.7) | 8 (22.9) |
| H | 54 | 0 | 23.3±10.4ab | 61.6±8.8bc | 7 (13) | 7 (13) |
| I | 56 | 83.9 | 14.1±6.9d | 51.7±5.5e | 21 (37.5) | 14 (25) |
| J | 26 | 19.2 | 13.8±10.7d | 52.8±8.0de | 9 (34.6) | 8 (30.8) |
| K | 45 | 0 | 26.6±8.2a | 67.4±10.4a | 4 (8.9) | 4 (8.9) |
| Total | 492 | 35.2 | 19.0±10.0 | 56.7±10.3 | 116 (23.6) | 97 (19.7) |
*Values are mean±sd. Within columns, farms with different superscripts differed significantly on ANOVA testing a>b> c>d > e, P<0.05.
ANOVA, analysis of variance.