Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Table 1 Mean herd level frequencies of treatments (%) in different production systems.

From: Housing of Danish Dairy Herds and Analysis of Variation in Treatment Frequencies in Production Systems

		Tie-up cowhouse		Free-stall housing
Treatments	Number of herds	Farmyard manure	Slurry	Cubicles	Deep litter
Mastitis	3,934	37.2^a	37.0^a	33.9^b	40.6^a
Teat damage	4,038	0.51^a	0.71^b	0.21^c	0.07^d
Ketosis	4,038	2.0^a	1.4^b	0.9^c	1.1^c
Parturient Paresis	4,038	5.4^a	4.5^b	3.6^c	4.4^b
Lameness	4,037	5.6^a	5.8^a	8.2^b	7.8^b
Obstetric	4,038	1.4^a	1.1^b	1.0^b	0.6^c
Retained Placenta	4,038	6.6^a	6.8^a	6.4^a	8.5^b
Reproduction	4,038	2.2^a	2.2^a	3.4^b	2.9^b

^a,b,c,d values in rows with different indices differ significantly (p < 0.05)

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