Table 8. Characteristics of cattle studies included in age distribution of mortality graphing.
| Reference | Country | Country income
categorya |
Breed | Production system
characteristics |
Study selection criteria | Total number of
animals in study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achard & Chanono, 1997 | Niger | LMIC | Azaouak Zebu | Pasture-based breeding station | Institution records
bounded by study dates |
1,646 |
| Bunter et al., 2014 | Australia | HIC | Brahman and Tropical Composite | Extensively managed beef stations | Institution records
bounded by study dates |
9,296 |
| Debnath et al., 1990 | Bangladesh | LMIC | Mostly Bos Indicus breeds | Not specified | Institution records
bounded by study dates |
15,840 |
| Debnath et al., 1995 | Bangladesh | LMIC | Multiple, although Bos Indicus
and Bos Taurus crossbreeds most common |
Intensive dairy breeding station | Institution records
bounded by study dates |
8,623 |
| Fuerst-Waltl & Fuerst, 2010 | Austria | HIC | Holstein | Not specified; likely a mix of
production systems as data from the Danish Cattle Database |
Institution records
bounded by study dates |
86,249 |
| Ganaba et al., 2002 | Burkina Faso | LMIC | Zebu, Baoule and their crosses | Transhumant and sedentary mixed
crop-livestock |
Convenience sample | 901 |
| Gulliksen et al., 2009 | Norway | HIC | Multiple dairy breeds | Not specified | Institution records
bounded by study dates |
289,038 |
| Kudi et al., 1998 | Nigeria | LMIC | Not specified | Traditional agropastoral | Convenience sample | 277 |
| Motus et al., 2018 | Estonia | HIC | Mixed beef breeds | Extensive pasture-based | Institution records
bounded by study dates |
21,075 |
| Prasad et al., 2004 | India | LMIC | Sahiwal Zebu and Tharparkar Zebu
and their crosses with Brown Swiss and Holstein Friesians |
Organised dairy herd reared at a
research institute |
Institution records
bounded by study dates |
1,115 |
| Pritchard et al., 2013 | The UK | HIC | Holstein-Friesian | Not specified | Institution records
bounded by study dates |
112,163 |
| Ring et al., 2018 | Ireland | HIC | Multiple dairy breeds | Not specified; likely a mix of
production systems as data from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation database |
Institution records
bounded by study dates |
11,256,112 |
| Ireland | HIC | Multiple beef breeds | Not specified; likely a mix of
production systems as data from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation database |
Institution records
bounded by study dates |
9,839,949 | |
| Svensson et al., 2006 | Sweden | HIC | Multiple dairy breeds | Intensive production | Institution records
bounded by study dates |
8,962 |
| Upadhyay et al., 2017 | India | LMIC | Sahiwal | Intensive dairy production at
research institute |
Institution records
bounded by study dates |
914 |
| Wymann et al., 2006 | Mali | LMIC | Zebu, N’Dama, and crossbreeds with
European breeds |
Per-urban traditional agro-
pastoralism, modern, and station- managed systems |
Convenience sample | 784 |
a As classified by The World Bank Group: LMIC = low- and middle-income country; HIC = high-income country.