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Table 1 Incidence of subclinical form of hypocalcaemia, hypomagnesaemia, hypophosphatemia and hypoglycemia in periparturient crossbred cows according to age, parity, BCS and milk yield

From: Metabolic profiling in periparturient dairy cows and its relation with metabolic diseases

Variables

Subclinical Hypocalca-emia

Subclinical Hypomagn-esaemia

Subclinical Hypophos-phatemia

Subclinical Hypoglyc-emia

Age (years)

2 to 4 (n = 19)

6 (31.58%)a

7 (36.84%)a

2 (10.53%)a

12 (63.18%)a

 > 4 to 6 (n = 7)

2 (28.57%)a

5 (71.43%)a

2 (28.57%)a

4 (57.14%)ab

 > 6 (n = 3)

1 (33.33%)a

2 (66.67%)a

1 (33.33%)a

0 (0.00%)

Parity

1 (n = 6)

1 (16.67%)a

3 (50.00%)a

0 (0.00%)a

3 (50.00%)ab

2 (n = 14)

6 (42.86%)a

5 (35.71%)a

3 (21.43%)a

9 (64.29%)b

3 (n = 6)

1 (16.67%)a

4 (66.67%)a

1 (16.67%)a

4 (66.67%)ab

 ≥ 4 (n = 3)

1 (33.33%)a

2 (66.67%)a

1 (33.33%)a

0 (0.00%)

BCS

 < 3 (n = 2)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

1 (50.00%)a

3 to < 4 (n = 19)

6 (31.58%)a

12 (63.16%)a

3 (15.79%)a

10 (52.63%)a

 ≥ 4 (n = 8)

3 (37.50%)a

2 (25.00%)a

2 (25.00%)a

5 (62.50%)a

Milk yield (L)

5 to 10 (n = 6)

0 (0.00%)

1 (16.67%)a

1 (16.67%)a

3 (50.00%)a

 > 10 to 15 (n = 7)

3 (42.86%)ab

6 (85.71%)b

1 (14.29%)a

3 (42.86%)a

 > 15 to 20 (n = 10)

3 (30.00%)ab

7 (70.00%)b

2 (20.00%)a

6 (60.00%)a

 > 20 (n = 6)

3 (50.00%)b

0 (0.00%)

1 (16.67%)a

4 (66.67%)a

Overall (n = 29)

9 (31.03%)

14 (48.28%)

5 (17.24%)

16 (55.17%)

  1. Values bearing different superscripts within the column for each variable differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05)