Perinatal death in production animals in the Nordic countries – incidence and costs

Table 1 Available figures for abortion, stillbirth and neonatal death in dairy cattle from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden (%)

Country	Denmark^a	Finland^b	Iceland^d	Norway^c	Sweden
Year presented	2006	2005	2005	2006	2005
Calvings (n)	586,380	356,064	24,000	284,778	392,000
Aborted		4,279 (1.2)	(1.1)	1,708 (0.6)	(0.6)^e
Born dead	45,737 (7.8)	16,692 (4.7)	(11.4)	8,043 (2.8)	(3.6)^f
Dead before id		2,276 (0.7)	(0.9)	2,574 (0.9)	?
Dead < 30 d	26,492 (4.9)		(1.5)	1,907 (0.7)
Dead 1–90 d				4,359 (1.6)	(3.1)^g
Dead 1–180 d	45,954 (8.5)	9,135 (2.5)		5,722 (2.1)	(4.0)^h

^a According to figures from Landbrugsinfo, Kvæginfo nr.: 1721 (19-03-2007), Irene Fisker.
^b According to figures from ProAgria given by Hilppa Hietanen (29.06.2006).
^c According to figures from TINE Rådgivning (Annual statistics 2006).
^dEstimated according to Benjaminsson (2007) [4].
^e Percentages according to Olsson et al. (1993) [5].
^f Figures from Berglund et al. (2003) [6] gives 10.3% in Swedish Holstein.
^g From Svensson et al. (2006) [7].
^h From Svensson et al. (2006) [7] from 1 to 210 days of life.

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