Table 1

Disease codes used for mastitis treatments in the Nordic countries' national dairy cow recording systems for 1997.

Country
Disease code
Description

Denmark
11
Mastitis

12
Mastitis in dry period

13
Dry cow therapy

14
Mastitis and teat lesion

15
Acute mastitis

72
Summer mastitis

94
Toxic mastitis

95
Subclinical mastitis



Finland
301
Acute clinical mastitis

302
Subclinical mastitis

303
Chronic mastitis

821
Dry cow therapy



Sweden
270
Mastitis

601
Mastitis and teat injury

270+


subcode 6
Dry cow therapy



Norway
303
Acute clinical mastitis*

304
Chronic clinical mastitis**

305
Subclinical mastitis

* Changed to severe/moderate clinical mastitis (303) and **changed to mild clinical mastitis (304) in 1999.

Valde et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2004 45:201   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-45-201