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Table 5 Farmers’ reported proportion of calves suffering from health problems on 1287 Austrian dairy breeding farms

From: Results of an online questionnaire to survey calf management practices on dairy cattle breeding farms in Austria and to estimate differences in disease incidences depending on farm structure and management practices

Disease/problem

Reported incidence (%)

No answer

≤10

>10–25

>25–50

>50–75

>75

Diarrhoea

51.0

23.4

9.8

4.0

2.6

9.2

Respiratory tract disease

54.7

6.4

1.9

0.5

0.2

36.3

Umbilical disease

57.0

3.5

0.5

0.0

0.1

38.9

Joint problems

47.1

1.3

0.1

0.1

0.0

51.4

Calf mortalitya

58.0

3.2

0.2

0.0

0.1

38.6

  1. aDefined as calves born alive that died within the first 3 weeks of life
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147