Table 1 Description of dairy cattle populations under monitoring with their respective patterns of mortality and mortality aberrations detected at each level
Zones of study | Demographical and climate traits of populations monitored | Carcasses collected | Patterns of fallen bovines by week (Jan 2006- Dec 2013) | Mortality Aberrations (Jan 2014-Jun 2015) | |||||||
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Nr farms (Median) | Farm size Median (min-max) | Climate | Total nr | By week Median (min-max) | ARIMA (p, d, q) | Trend | Seasonal effect (Warm) (% of increase and period) | Seasonality effect (Cold) (% of increase and period) | Nr of peaks | Nr of affected farms Median (min-max) | |
R1(=P1) | 2681 | 74 (1–561) | Oceanic coastal | 109,744 | 221 (151–326) | 1,0,1 | + 0.086 | 8% Jun-Aug | 22% Oct-Feb | 4 | 145 (105–184) |
C1 | 343 | 77 (1–369) | Oceanic coastal | 16,114 | 32 (13–61) | 0,1,1 | + 0.007 | 14% May-Aug | 26%Oct-Feb | 6 | 35 (30–44) |
C2 | 302 | 71 (1–407) | Oceanic coastal | 15,440 | 31 (10–58) | 0,1,1 | _ | 9% May-Aug | 17%Oct-Feb | 4 | 28 (13–37) |
C3 | 400 | 63 (1–561) | Oceanic coastal | 15,145 | 30 (14–58) | 1,0,1 | + 0.009 | 16% May- Aug | 16%Oct -Feb | 6 | 29 (3–35) |
C4 | 425 | 75 (1–430) | Oceanic coastal | 17,205 | 34 (12–68) | 0,1,1 | + 0.022 | 8% May-Aug | 11%Oct - Feb | 2 | 48 (44–51) |
C5 | 143 | 84 (2–240) | Oceanic coastal | 5924 | 12 (3–25) | 1,0,1 | + 0.004 | _ | 15%Oct-Jan | 4 | 15 (13–18) |
C6 | 314 | 82 (1–487) | Oceanic coastal | 14,850 | 29 (13–62) | 0,1,1 | + 0.125 | 22% May-Aug | 35%Oct-Jan | 1 | 30 |
C7 | 71 | 88 (5–218) | Oceanic coastal | 4350 | 8 (0–20) | 1,0,1 | −0.006 | _ | 15%Oct-Mar | 2 | 10 (9–11) |
R2 | 799 | 198 (1–3639) | Diverse climates: Mediterranean and Alpine | 153,520 | 308 (144–502) | 0,1,1 | + 0.229 | 61% May-Aug | 85%Oct-Jan | 1 | 38 |
P2 | 212 | 220 (1–3639) | Mediterranean continental | 49,557 | 104 (40–197) | 0,1,1 | + 0.110 | 96% May-Aug | 138%Oct-Jan | 1 | 49 |
C8 | 22 | 297 (3–3369) | Mediterranean continental warm summers | 9331 | 17(2–52) | 0,1,1 | + 0.037 | 145% May- Set | 184% Oct- Jan | 7 | 5 (2–9) |
C9 | 21 | 526 (14–2005) | Mediterranean continental warm summers | 10,309 | 19 (3–55) | 2,1,2 | + 0.031 | 145% May- Set | 164%Oct- Jan | 4 | 7 (1–7) |
C10 | 98 | 192 (1–1556) | Mediterranean continental subhumid | 18,107 | 36 (9–75) | 0,1,1 | + 0.040 | 83% May-Aug | 125%Oct- Jan | 1 | 28 |
C11 | 25 | 206 (17–1403) | Mediterranean continental warm summers | 9055 | 17(4–58) | 4,1,2 | + 0.012 | 100% May-Set | 134%Oct-Jan | 1 | 5 |
P3 | 308 | 191 (6–1933) | Mediterranean Continental subhumid /costal | 56,274 | 106 (54–200) | 1,0,1 | + 0.079 | 59% May-Aug | 78%Oct- Jan | 7 | 5 (2–9) |
C12 | 41 | 197 (6–559) | Mediterranean continental subhumid | 7701 | 15 (2–37) | 1,0,1 | + 0.009 | 72% May-Aug | 111% Oct-Jan | 1 | 11 |
C13 | 61 | 231 (7–905) | Mediterranean costal | 14,265 | 28 (11–73) | 0,1,1 | + 0.021 | 67% May- Aug | 72%Oct- Jan | 3 | 9 (8–15) |
C14 | 54 | 228 (6–1933) | Mediterranean costal | 14,778 | 29 (10–70) | 3,1,1 | + 0.011 | 41% May-Aug | 72%Set-Jan | 2 | 9 (7–10) |