Table 1.
Prevalence of pregnant cattle in different stages of gestation, overall and stratified by production type and parity among all the cattle slaughtered at a major Danish abattoir from 16–19 October 2017.
| Overall | No. and Prevalence (%) of Pregnant Cattle at Different Gestation Stages | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Overall | >1/3 (93 Days 1) | >2/3 (186 Days) | >9/10 (252 Days) | |||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| All animals | 814 | 187 | 23 | 131 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Dairy cattle | |||||||||
| All animals | 583 | 130 | 22 | 90 | 15 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Parity = 0 | 79 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Parity >0 | 504 | 114 | 23 | 86 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Non-dairy cattle | |||||||||
| All animals | 231 | 57 | 25 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Parity = 0 | 135 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Parity >0 | 96 | 36 | 38 | 26 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1 Based on a gestation length of 281 days.