Table 3 Heart rate, respiratory rate and rectal temperature in cows with LDA, RDA and AV (means, medians, standard deviations, 25th to 75th percentiles, frequency distributions)

Heart rate

Mean/Median

84/80^a

84/80^a

91/88^b

85/84

NA

KW, BoCo

 < 0.05

(beats/min) (n = 1981)

SD (25–75th pc)

16 (72–92)

19 (72–96)

20 (76–104)

17 (72–96)

Normal (60–80)

663^a (49.5%)

162^a (47.9%)

101^b (33.3%)

926 (46.7%)

67**

Boph

 < 0.05

Decreased (36–59)

31 (2.3%)

12 (3.6%)

9 (3.0%)

52 (2.6%)

Mildly increased (81–100)

497 (37.1%)

116 (34.3%)

110 (36.3%)

723 (36.5%)

Moderately increased (101–120)

126^a (9.4%)

34^a (10.1%)

64^b (21.1%)

224 (11.3%)

Severely increased (121–160)

23^a (1.7%)

14^b (4.1%)

19^b (6.3%)

56 (2.8%)

Respiratory rate

Mean/Median

30/28

30/28

29/28

30/28

NA

KW

 > 0.05

(breaths/min)

SD (25–75th pc)

13 (20–36)

13 (20–36)

11 (22–36)

13 (20–36)

(n = 1976)

Normal (15–25)

603 (45.1%)

142 (42.1%)

140 (46.5%)

885 (44.8%)

4.6

-

-

Decreased (12–14)

21 (1.6%)

7 (2.1%)

6 (2.0%)

34 (1.7%)

Mildly increased (26–35)

359 (26.8%)

100 (29.7%)

76 (25.2%)

535 (27.1%)

Moderately increased (36–45)

223 (16.7%)

62 (18.4%)

53 (17.6%)

338 (17.1%)

Severely increased (46–120)

132 (9.9%)

26 (7.7%)

26 (8.6%)

184 (9.3%)

Rectal temperature

Mean/Median

39.0/39.0 ^a

38.9/38.9 ^ab

38.7/38.8 ^b

38.9/38.9

NA

KW, BoCo

 < 0.05

(°C) (n = 1969)

SD (25–75th pc)

0.5 (38.6–39.3)

0.6 (38.5–39.2)

0.7 (38.3–39.2)

0.6 (38.6–39.2)

Normal (38.5–38.9)

444 (33.2%)

104 (31.0%)

82 (27.6%)

630 (32.0%)

46**

Boph

 < 0.05

Decreased (36.1–38.4)

209^a (15.6%)

79^b (23.5%)

93^b (31.3%)

381 (19.3%)

Mildly increased (39.0–39.4)

492 (36.8%)

105 (31.3%)

93 (31.3%)

690 (35.0%)

Moderately increased (39.5–40.0)

161 (12.1%)

37 (11.0%)

25 (8.4%)

223 (11.3%)

Severely increased (40.1–41.8)

30 (2.2%)

11 (3.3%)

4 (1.3%)

45 (2.3%)