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Table 1 Composition of the herds and characteristics of the farms involved in the study 1

From: Factors affecting milk cortisol in mid lactating dairy cows

  

Farm

   
  

FA

FB

FC

FD

Breed

 

IS

IS

IH

IH

Herd size

N

330

283

347

427

Dairy animals

N

180

139

185

231

First calving

N

63

29

55

79

Lactating cows

N

153

121

173

217

Cows > 70

N

122

105

159

195

Cows sampled

N

27

33

36

39

 

%

46

43

35

34

DIM

Mean

126.7

141.4

151

145.8

 

sd

33

33.8

33.1

28.5

Housing

Type

Free Stall

Free Stall

Free Stall

Free Stall

Bedding

Type

Concrete

Straw

Concrete

Concrete

Milking

Type

Parlour

Parlour

Parlour

Parlour

  1. IH Italian Holstein, IS Italian Simmental, N number, FA to FD farm A to farm D, sd standard deviation