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. 2018 Sep 5;3(1):84–92. doi: 10.1093/tas/txy102

Table 4.

Prevalence of postpartum diseases between 2- and 21-d postpartum

Milk fever Retained placenta Mastitis DA1 Lameness Metritis CK2
Country % n % n % n % n % n % n % n
Argentina 0.7 (5/720) 2.1 (15/720) 5.1 (37/720) 1.0 (7/720) 2.2 (16/720) 15.7 (113/720) 4.0 (29/720)
Australia 10.1 (21/208) 7.2 (15/208) 3.8 (8/208) 0 (0/208) 0.5 (1/207) 6.3 (13/208) 1.9 (4/208)
Brazil 0 (0/159) 8.8 (14/159) 3.8 (6/159) 0.6 (1/159) 1.3 (2/159) 0 (0/159) 0 (0/159)
Chile 7.1 (13/182) 5.5 (10/183) 9.3 (17/183) 1.1 (2/183) 5.5 (10/183) 9.8 (18/183) 2.2 (4/183)
China 1.7 (7/403) 4.0 (16/404) 2.0 (8/404) 2.7 (14/404) 1.0 (4/404) 3.7 (15/404) 1.2 (5/404)
Colombia 1.5 (12/791) 4.3 (34/791) 4.6 (36/791) 0.1 (1/791) 1.0 (8/791) 0.9 (7/791) 0 (0/791)
Mexico 0.6 (13/2,060) 4.7 (97/2,060) 1.4 (29/2,060) 0.2 (4/2,060) 1.3 (27/2,060) 5.7 (118/2,059) 0.6 (12/2,060)
New Zealand 0.7 (20/2,990) 0.2 (7/2,990) 1.2 (36/2,990) 0 (0/2,990) 0.1 (3/2,990) 0.3 (10/2,990) 0.1 (2/2,989)
Russia 37.4 (286/764) 17.0 (130/764) 14.9 (114/764) 0 (0/764) 10.5 (80/764) 13.5 (103/764) 0.9 (7/764)
South Africa 0.8 (3/377) 1.3 (5/377) 0.8 (3/377) 0 (0/377) 0 (0/377) 6.6 (25/377) 0 (0/377)
Thailand 1.2 (1/83) 0 (0/83) 4.8 (4/83) 0 (0/83) 1.2 (1/83) 19.3 (16/83) 0 (0/83)
Ukraine 0.6 (1/164) 7.3 (12/164) 3.7 (6/164) 0 (0/164) 0.6 (1/164) 19.5 (32/164) 0 (0/164)
Overall 4.3 (382/8,901) 4.0 (355/8,903) 3.4 (304/8,903) 0.3 (26/8,903) 1.7 (153/8,902) 5.3 (470/8,902) 0.7 (63/8,902)
Range 0 to 37.4 0 to 17.0 0.8 to 14.9 0 to 2.7 0 to 10.5 0 to 19.5 0 to 4.0

1DA = displaced abomasum.

2CK = clinical ketosis.