Table 3.
Percentage of normal, over- and underconditioned animals among different breeds (GH - German Holstein, SIM - Simmental and BS - Brown Swiss cattle). Condition categories are based on the optimal BCS (Body condition score) range per breed per lactation stage as described in Table 1.
| Breed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GH | BS | SIM | Total | p-value1 | |
| condition | <0.001 | ||||
| normal | 39,201 (61.4%%) | 731 (63.4%%) | 6366 (71.0%%) | 46,298 (62.6%%) | |
| overconditioned | 15,043 (23.6%%) | 329 (28.5%%) | 1742 (19.4%%) | 17,114 (23.1%%) | |
| underconditioned | 9565 (15.0%%) | 93 (8.1%%) | 862 (9.6%%) | 10,520 (14.2%%) | |
| Total | 63,809 (100.0%%) | 1153 (100.0%%) | 8970 (100.0%%) | 73,932 (100.0%%) | |
1
Pearson's Chi-squared test.