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Table 5 Final linear mixed model with pairwise comparisons for the effect of the most frequent calf diseases on hot carcass weight (HCW) (kg) of 3210 white veal calves, housed in 10 herds in Belgium, 2008-2009

From: Impact of respiratory disease, diarrhea, otitis and arthritis on mortality and carcass traits in white veal calves

Variable

Level

Reference

ß

SD

P-value

Breed

    

< 0.001

Red HF

Black HF

−4.5

2.4

0.36

Crossbreds

Black HF

3.1

1.7

0.42

BB

Black HF

10.4

2.1

<0.001

Crossbreds

Red HF

7.6

2.5

0.02

BB

Red HF

15.0

2.8

<0.001

Crossbreds

BB

7.3

1.5

<0.001

ADU (%)

  

−1.5

0.4

< 0.001

Calf gender

Female

Male

−10.2

1.6

<0.001

Diarrhea

Yes

No

−9.2

2.0

<0.001

BRD

Yes

No

−39.8

10.4

<0.001

Arthritis

Yes

No

7.7

16.9

0.65

Otitis

Yes

No

39.8

19.0

<0.01

BRD x ART

    

<0.01

No BRD/ART

No BRD/No ART

14.3

10.6

1.0

BRD/No ART

No BRD/No ART

−9.7

1.3

<0.001

BRD/ART

No BRD/No ART

−25.6

9.7

0.05

BRD/No ART

No BRD/ART

−24.0

10.6

0.15

BRD/ART

No BRD/ART

−39.8

10.4

<0.001

BRD/ART

BRD/No ART

−15.9

9.8

0.62

OTI x ART

    

0.01

No OTI/ ART

No OTI/No ART

−24.4

5.3

<0.001

OTI/No ART

No OTI/No ART

−7.4

3.5

0.21

OTI/ART

No OTI/No ART

15.4

17.3

1.0

OTI/No ART

No OTI/ART

17.1

6.3

0.04

OTI/ART

No OTI/ART

39.8

19.0

0.22

OTI/ART

OTI/No ART

22.8

17.6

1.0

  1. SD = standard deviation; BB = Belgian Blue; HF = Holstein Friesian; ADU = antimicrobial drug use expressed as the number of days on oral antimicrobials/total number of days on feed (%); BRD = bovine respiratory disease; ART = arthritis; OTI = otitis; x = interaction.