Overview of the practices of on-farm emergency slaughter of cattle in the Nordic countries

Table 3 The guidelines provided by the competent authorities in Denmark, Finland and Norway regarding the acceptability of different clinical conditions for on-farm emergency slaughter

	Denmark	Finland	Norway
Trauma less than 24 h old, e.g. splits at calving, broken bone	✓	✓	✓
Mastitis	✘	✘	✘
Milk fever	✘	✘	✓ ^*
Uterine prolapse	–	✘	✓
Displaced abomasum	–	✘	✘
Chronic lame	✘	✘	✘
Wild—dangerous to handle	✓	✘	✘

Key: ‘✓’ acceptable for OFES, ‘✘’ unacceptable for OFES, ‘– ‘ condition not mentioned in guidelines
^{*Cows with clinical milk fever are not acceptable for OFES}

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