Table 3.
Heart rate, respiratory rate and rectal temperature in cows with LDA, RDA and AV (means, medians, standard deviations, 25th to 75th percentiles, frequency distributions)
| Variable | Finding | LDA | RDA | AV | Total | Chi2 | Additional tests | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart rate | Mean/Median | 84/80a | 84/80a | 91/88b | 85/84 | NA | KW, BoCo | < 0.05 |
| (beats/min) (n = 1981) | SD (25–75th pc) | 16 (72–92) | 19 (72–96) | 20 (76–104) | 17 (72–96) | |||
| Normal (60–80) | 663a (49.5%) | 162a (47.9%) | 101b (33.3%) | 926 (46.7%) | 67** | Boph | < 0.05 | |
| Decreased (36–59) | 31 (2.3%) | 12 (3.6%) | 9 (3.0%) | 52 (2.6%) | ||||
| Mildly increased (81–100) | 497 (37.1%) | 116 (34.3%) | 110 (36.3%) | 723 (36.5%) | ||||
| Moderately increased (101–120) | 126a (9.4%) | 34a (10.1%) | 64b (21.1%) | 224 (11.3%) | ||||
| Severely increased (121–160) | 23a (1.7%) | 14b (4.1%) | 19b (6.3%) | 56 (2.8%) | ||||
| Respiratory rate | Mean/Median | 30/28 | 30/28 | 29/28 | 30/28 | NA | KW | > 0.05 |
| (breaths/min) | SD (25–75th pc) | 13 (20–36) | 13 (20–36) | 11 (22–36) | 13 (20–36) | |||
| (n = 1976) | Normal (15–25) | 603 (45.1%) | 142 (42.1%) | 140 (46.5%) | 885 (44.8%) | 4.6 | - | - |
| Decreased (12–14) | 21 (1.6%) | 7 (2.1%) | 6 (2.0%) | 34 (1.7%) | ||||
| Mildly increased (26–35) | 359 (26.8%) | 100 (29.7%) | 76 (25.2%) | 535 (27.1%) | ||||
| Moderately increased (36–45) | 223 (16.7%) | 62 (18.4%) | 53 (17.6%) | 338 (17.1%) | ||||
| Severely increased (46–120) | 132 (9.9%) | 26 (7.7%) | 26 (8.6%) | 184 (9.3%) | ||||
| Rectal temperature | Mean/Median | 39.0/39.0 a | 38.9/38.9 ab | 38.7/38.8 b | 38.9/38.9 | NA | KW, BoCo | < 0.05 |
| (°C) (n = 1969) | SD (25–75th pc) | 0.5 (38.6–39.3) | 0.6 (38.5–39.2) | 0.7 (38.3–39.2) | 0.6 (38.6–39.2) | |||
| Normal (38.5–38.9) | 444 (33.2%) | 104 (31.0%) | 82 (27.6%) | 630 (32.0%) | 46** | Boph | < 0.05 | |
| Decreased (36.1–38.4) | 209a (15.6%) | 79b (23.5%) | 93b (31.3%) | 381 (19.3%) | ||||
| Mildly increased (39.0–39.4) | 492 (36.8%) | 105 (31.3%) | 93 (31.3%) | 690 (35.0%) | ||||
| Moderately increased (39.5–40.0) | 161 (12.1%) | 37 (11.0%) | 25 (8.4%) | 223 (11.3%) | ||||
| Severely increased (40.1–41.8) | 30 (2.2%) | 11 (3.3%) | 4 (1.3%) | 45 (2.3%) |
Within rows, values with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05)
KW Kruskal Wallis test, BoCo Bonferroni correction, Boph Bonferroni post hoc test, pc percentiles, NA not applicable, SD standard deviation
**P < 0.01