Poster presentation
Economic losses due to culled and diseased dairy cows
07/2016
Event name: 29th World Buiatrics Congress
Description
Dairy cows differ considerably in their ability to adapt and to avoid the risk of being culled. The management has direct impact on the portion of diseased and culled cows in the herd. It is therefore of high importance to consider the degree of economic losses that occur in the case of diseased or culled cows. The objective of the study was to develop a feasible concept that enables to provide this valuable information to the farm management.