Emergency slaughter of cattle in the Czech Republic: the most frequent causes and their occurrence in the period of 1997-2002
2003
Vecerek, V. | Bartosek, B. | Chloupek, P. | Pistekova, V. (Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic)) | Kozak, A.
Emergency slaughters of cattle in the period from 1997 to 1999 (period I) were compared with those in the period from 2000 to 2002 (period II). The reasons of slaughters were divided into the following categories: infections, respiratory apparatus diseases, digestive apparatus diseases, locomotor apparatus diseases, post-parturition complications, diseases of other aetiologies. In the category of calves, the most frequent finding were respiratory apparatus diseases (47.43 %), with slight increase during period II (index 1.07). The most frequent finding in heifers, cows and bulls were diseases of the locomotor apparatus (heifers 43.07 %; cows 35.30 %; bulls 58.27 %). A slight but significant increase (index varying from 1.06 to 1.07) during the period II was observed. Changes in cattle herds to improve their health and reduce the number of emergency slaughters should include measures to fight respiratory apparatus diseases in calves and locomotor apparatus diseases in the other categories of the cattle.
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