Table 1 Description of seven clinical disease scenarios typically encountered on dairy farms, included as part of a survey of Scottish dairy farmers

1

Milking cow: signs of mild mastitis (milk modified, udder inflamed, no fever, no systemic symptoms)

2

1-week-old calf: diarrhoea, no fever, slightly dehydrated, normal appetite

3

Cow: 10 days post-partum, smelly uterine discharge, temperature 39.5 °C

4

Six calves aged 1–2 months: cough, nasal discharge, fever (temperature > 39.5 °C)

5

Diarrhoea in 20% of young calves (1–3 weeks old) over the last month and few of them died

6

Milking cow: sudden lameness in one hind limb

7

Milking cow: sudden milk drop and fever (temperature = 39.9 °C)