Table 6. Disease incidence through 250 DIM for control cows and cows receiving S. baicalensis extract (SBE) for either 5 d (SBE5) or 60 d (SBE60) after calving.
Control | SBE5 | SBE60 | |
---|---|---|---|
At-risk | 39 | 43 | 40 |
Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Milk fever | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Displaced abomasum | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Retained placenta | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Metritis | 3 | 4 | 6 |
Lame | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Off feed | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Mastitis1 | 13 | 6* | 6# |
Other | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1Mastitis incidence tended to differ by treatment (P = 0.06).
*Control vs. SBE5: P = 0.04
#Control vs. SBE60: P = 0.05.