Table 5.
Variable | Level | Operations1 |
Heifer calves |
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Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
Sex of primary caretaker | Male | 68 | 65.4 | 1,515 | 59.5 |
Female | 44 | 42.3 | 888 | 34.9 | |
Both | 14 | 13.5 | 142 | 5.6 | |
Housing | Individual | 93 | 89.4 | 2,203 | 86.6 |
Group | 21 | 20.2 | 342 | 13.4 | |
Ventilation | Natural | 87 | 83.7 | 2,043 | 80.3 |
Positive pressure | 16 | 15.4 | 239 | 9.4 | |
Other | 18 | 17.3 | 263 | 10.3 | |
Bedding | Straw/hay | 67 | 64.4 | 1,306 | 51.3 |
Shavings/woodchips | 31 | 29.8 | 543 | 21.3 | |
Sand | 5 | 4.8 | 37 | 1.5 | |
None | 13 | 12.5 | 280 | 11.0 | |
Other/combination | 26 | 25.0 | 379 | 14.9 | |
Dehorning/disbudding | Yes | 67 | 64.4 | 1,275 | 52.3 |
Received analgesics/anesthetics | 22 | 32.8 | 354 | 27.8 | |
No | 37 | 35.6 | 1,163 | 47.7 | |
Not reported | 0 | 0.0 | 107 | ||
Fed calf starter | Yes | 102 | 100.0 | 2,491 | 100.0 |
With coccidiostats | 51 | 50.0 | 835 | 33.5 | |
With fly control | 26 | 25.5 | 360 | 14.5 | |
Not reported | 2 | 54 |
Operation percentages were calculated by dividing the variable level by the total number of operations reported for each variable. Operations may have had calves in more than one variable level; therefore, the sum of a variable might not always equal 100%.