Table 3.
Distribution of calves (in percent) according to general condition scores
| General condition (1)a | Suckling calves (%) |
Dairy calves (%) |
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| D0b (n = 311) | D3 (n = 153) | D7 (n = 153) | D14 (n = 153) | D0c (n = 382) | D3 (n = 191) | D7 (n = 191) | D14 (n = 191) | |
| Score 0 (good) | 82.0 | 66.0 | 79.1 | 81.7 | 98.9 | 99.5 | 98.4 | 99.5 |
| Score 1 (average) | 15.1 | 26.1 | 11.8 | 4.6 | 0.26 | 0.5 | 1.05 | 0 |
| Score 2 (mediocre) | 2.9 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Score 3 (poor) | 0 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 13.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
a
(1) Significance of scores – score 0: correct degree of fatness and good vivacity, score 1: average degree of fatness and vivacity, score 2: thin and vivacity weak and score 3: cachexia and/or decubitus, coma.
b
D0: Inclusion day, 311 calves 4 to 10 days old.
c
D0: Inclusion day, 382 calves 8 to 15 days old.