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KMID : 0359320130530020103
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
2013 Volume.53 No. 2 p.103 ~ p.108
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The dairy calf mortality : the causes of calf death during ten years at a large dairy farm in Korea
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Hur Tai-Young
Jung Young-Hun
Choe Chang-Yong
Cho Yong-Il
Kang Seog-Jin
Lee Hyun-June
Ki Kwang-Seok
Baek Kwang-Soo
Suh Guk-Hyun
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Abstract
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The objective of this study was to investigate the calf death and analyse the causes of the mortality by based on medical records and autopsy findings during 10 years in a large dairy farm. Total of 1,361 calf born and 146 calf dead during the invested period. Mortality rate was 10.7% and showed the big difference by year-specific mortality from 2.8% (4 calves) to 19.2% (28 calves). The highest rate of mortality was 1 week age (18.5%, 27 calves) and followed by 2 week age (11.6%, 17 calves) and mortality of more old calf tended to be reduced. The death less than 4 weeks and 8 weeks of age of the entire mortality accounted for 41.1% (60/146 calves) and 70.0% (102/146 calves), respectively. Causes of calf death were digestive diseases (53.4%), respiratory diseases (17.1%), musculoskeletal disease (8.2%), and systemic disease (8.2%) in order. Specific causes of calf death was highest in enteritis (43.2%), followed by pneumonia (14.4%), sepsis (8.2%) and fractures (3.4%). Seasonally, most of calf death happened in winter (48.6%) and then fall (21.2%). This results showed that enteritis and pneumonia are the main reason of calf death but other reasons were involved in calf death on the based on autopsy finding. On going research relating factors of calf mortality is needed.
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KEYWORD
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autopsy, dairy calf, medical record, mortality
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