Table 2.
Range in the outcome percentage of scored cows for each welfare indicator among the top and bottom performing 20% of study farms during grazing (VISIT1) and when housed (VISIT2)
| Grazing | Housed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 20% | Bottom 20% | Top 20% | Bottom 20% | |||||
| Ranked indicator1 | Min % | Max % | Min % | Max % | Min % | Max % | Min % | Max % |
| Mobility | 0.8 | 4.7 | 15.3 | 31.5 | 0 | 4.5 | 13.3 | 28 |
| Body condition | 95.5 | 100 | 28.3 | 80.5 | 87.7 | 95.7 | 28.9 | 66.7 |
| Ocular discharge | 0 | 0 | 78.7 | 95.7 | 6.5 | 27.4 | 68.4 | 94 |
| Nasal discharge | 1.8 | 14.9 | 43.8 | 85.5 | 1.9 | 15.7 | 53.3 | 88.6 |
| Tail lacerations | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 21.8 |
| Tail breaks | 0 | 2.8 | 13.6 | 51.6 | 0 | 1.8 | 14 | 47.3 |
| Tail docks2 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 74.5 |
| Integument | 0 | 2.4 | 12.4 | 29.3 | 4.1 | 14.2 | 29.3 | 49.2 |
| Avoidance | ||||||||
| Total | 51 | 73.8 | 91.4 | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| Pen | — | — | — | — | 33.3 | 60 | 91.2 | 100 |
| Feed-face | — | — | — | — | 4 | 25 | 60.5 | 89.3 |
1Mobility, combined percentage of MS2 and MS3 scored cows; BCS, percentage of cows meeting the target levels of 2.75 to 3.25 at grazing and 3.0 to 3.5 for housing; ocular discharge, combined percentage of cows scoring OS1 to OS3; nasal discharge, combined percentage of cows scoring NS1 to NS3; tail lacerations, tail breaks, and tail docks, percentage of cows displaying each injury; integument, mean total percentage of integument alterations observed in all zones combined; avoidance, percentage of cows responding at levels 1 and 2 combined (Fearful response category).
2Docked tails were only recorded at VISIT2 when housed.