Fig 1.
Geographical distribution by county of survey respondents across the Republic of Ireland (n = 408 respondents with valid Eircodes).
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Fig 2.
Reported distribution of highest disease incidence by cow parity (A; n = 513), stage of lactation (B; n = 520) and stage of calving season (C; n = 510) for all respondents to a transition period survey in Ireland.
Table 1.
Reported proportion of respondents’ herds treated for health conditions on an “average” year (% of respondents to a transition period survey in Ireland).
Table 2.
Reported dairy cow peripartum condition records kept (% of respondents to a transition period survey in Ireland).
Table 3.
Herd size odds ratios and 95% CI for responses to questions from a transition period survey in Ireland.
Fig 3.
Reported dry cow management strategies implemented, by herd size (A; large [>150 cows; n = 148], above average [100–150 cows; n = 129], average [60–100 cows; n = 142] and small [<60 cows; n = 72]) and herd calving pattern (B; spring-calving [n = 428] and split-calving [n = 67]) for respondents to a transition period survey in Ireland.
Fig 4.
Reported fresh cow management strategies implemented, by herd size (A: large [>150 cows; n = 148], above average [100–150 cows; n = 121], average [60–100 cows; n = 136] and small [<60 cows; n = 67]) and herd calving pattern (B: spring-calving [n = 416] and split-calving [n = 67]) for respondents to a transition period survey in Ireland.