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. 2022 Nov 3;12(21):3030. doi: 10.3390/ani12213030

Table 1.

Summary of the topics covered by the questionnaire.

Section Topics
Farm characteristics The location of the farm (Continental Europe, the British Isles, North America); the time of running the farm (up to 10 years, 11 years, and more); the number of females in the herd (up to 20, 21, and more); the number of stud males (up to 5, 6, and more); the number of crias on the farm (up to 10, 11, and more)
Animal health status Mineral supplementation in pregnancy (Yes/No); vitamin supplementation in pregnancy (Yes/No); necessity of bottle feeding (Yes/No); the presence of scabies infection in the herd (Yes/No); cases of any infectious (bacterial, viral) diseases in the herd (Yes/No)
Reproductive indicators Pregnancy diagnosis (Yes/No); birth weight (kg) of crias born at term on the farm; questions about preterm cria (number of cases, days before due date parturition, birth weight (kg) of preterm crias, how many crias lived up to 6 months); questions about post-term crias (number of cases, days after due date parturition, birth weight (kg) of post-term crias, how many crias live up to 6 months); questions about twin pregnancies (number of cases, survivability); number of all miscarriages in the herd in the last 3 years and the causes of miscarriage; number of miscarriages associated with: diseases, high levels of maternal stress, weather-related factors (very low/high temperature, smoke produced by forest fires), and accidents or not known causes; number of all stillbirths in the herd in the last 3 years; number of stillbirths associated with: perinatal problems, genetic defects, dam diseases, or not known causes; number of cria falls within 12 months after birth in the last 3 years; number of cria falls associated with: perinatal problems, genetic defects, dam diseases, accidents or not known causes