Table 8.

Observation of the owners: frequency of diseases or symptoms affecting reproduction (n = 255).

Frequency	Abortions	Stillbirths	Difficult Births	Stunted Growth	Malformations in Crias	Lack of Milk in Females	Other Fertility Disorders
never	42.7% (n = 109)	47.8% (n = 122)	47.5% (n = 121)	50.2% (n = 128)	56.9% (n = 145)	50.2% (n = 128)	43.1% (n = 110)
<1 time a year	23.1% (n = 59)	18.8% (n = 48)	13.7% (n = 35)	13.7% (n = 35)	7.8% (n = 20)	12.2% (n = 31)	16.1% (n = 41)
1–2 times a year	3.5% (n = 9)	2.7% (n = 7)	5.1% (n = 13)	2.0% (n = 5)	0.8% (n = 2)	3.1% (n = 8)	6.3% (n = 16)
up to 10 times a year	0.4% (n = 1)	0.0% (n = 0)	0.4% (n = 1)	0.0% (n = 0)	0.0% (n = 0)	0.0% (n = 0)	1.6% (n = 4)
no information	30.2% (n = 77)	30.6% (n = 78)	33.3% (n = 85)	34.1% (n = 87)	34.5% (n = 88)	34.5% (n = 88)	32.9% (n = 84)