Endocrine Measurements and Calving Performance of Swedish Red and White and Swedish Holstein Dairy Cattle with Special Respect to Stillbirth

Table 1 The number of calving difficulty, stillbirth and weak calves in the singleton animals (sorted by breeds and parities).

Breed	Parity	N	Degree of calving difficulty (n)				Stillborn calves (n)	Weak calves (n)
			0	1	2	3
SRB	1	42	37	3	2	0	2	3
	2	15	15	0	0	0	1	0
SLB	1	26	13	3	8	2	5	4
	2	11	10	1	0	0	0	0
Total		94	75	7	10	2	8	7

SRB = Swedish Red and White breed; SLB = Swedish Holstein breed; Parity 1 = heifers; N = the number of observations; Degree of calving difficulty: 0 = unassisted, 1 = slight, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe, n = number of cares.

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