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. 2022 Dec 7;12(24):3455. doi: 10.3390/ani12243455

Table 4.

Frequency of carrying out various practices related to management of newborns in sheep and goat farms in Greece.

Practice Sheep Flocks Goat Herds p
Provision of care
to newborns
293
(90.2%, 95% CI: 86.4–92.9%
109
(91.6%, 95% CI: 85.2–95.4%)
0.65
Availability of
colostrum bank
46
(14.2%, 95% CI: 10.8–18.4%)
12
(10.1%, 95% CI: 5.9–16.8%)
0.26
Practicing new-
born fostering
112
(34.5%, 95% CI: 29.5–39.8%)
86
(72.3%, 95% CI: 63.6–79.5%
<0.0001
Disinfection of
navel stump
213
(65.5%, 95% CI: 60.2–70.5%)
65
(54.6%, 95% CI: 45.7–63.3%)
0.035
Tail docking 244
(75.1%, 95% CI: 70.1–79.6%)
34
(28.6%, 95% 21.2–37.3%)
<0.0001
Provision of
milk replacer
22
6.8% (95% CI: 4.5–10.0%)
1
0.8% (95% CI: 0.2–4.6%)
0.013