Table 2.

Seasonal prevalence of preweaning mortality.

Causes of Kit’s Death.	Total No. of Dead Kits	Autumn	%	Winter	%	Spring	%	SEM	p *
Insufficient milk supply	561	149	26.6	254	45.28	158	28.16	0.751	0.000
Mange infested does	333	213	63.96	48	14.41	72	21.62
Infanticidal does	396	47	11.87	201	50.76	148	37.37
Mastitis in lactating females	64	-	0	18	28.1	46	71.9
Lack of mothering	75	65	86.7	-	0	10	13.3
Bronchopneumonia	32	5	15.6	15	46.9	12	37.5
Enteritis	27	7	25.9	6	22.2	14	51.9
Sudden death	13	3	23	6	46.15	4	30.8
Total	1501	489	32.6	548	36.5	464	30.9

SEM: Standard error of mean. * p < 0.05 is significant.