Perinatal death in production animals in the Nordic countries – incidence and costs

Olav Østerås¹^,2 , Mona Solum Gjestvang³, Synnøve Vatn⁴ and Liv Sølverød⁵

¹Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway

²Department of Cattle Health Services, TINE Norwegian Dairies, Ås, Norway

³Department of Swine Health Services, Animalia, Oslo, Norway

⁴Department of Sheep Health Services, Animalia, Oslo, Norway

⁵Department of Goat Health Services, TINE Norwegian Dairies, Molde, Norway

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from Perinatal Death In Domestic Animals: The 20th Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation (NKVet)
Reykjavik, Iceland. 26–27 April 2007

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2007, 49(Suppl 1):S14doi:10.1186/1751-0147-49-S1-S14


Published:	12 December 2007

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In animal recording systems for cattle, perinatal death is divided into a) abortion: before 210 days of pregnancy (Finland) or 20 days before expected birth (Norway), b) born dead: dead calf after 210 of pregnancy (or before 20 days before expected birth) or died before 24 hours after birth, c) dead before identity marked: calves died later than 24 hours after birth, but before they are individually marked, and finally d) dead later as young calf in the preweaning age. For sheep, which have a birth season, the perinatal death is also given by stillbirth, death during indoor season and at spring pasture. Later death will be death on pasture. For goats there exist figures for abortion, stillbirth, dead before identity marked, and dead before preweaned similar to cattle. For piglets perinatal death is usually given as number of stillborn per litter, and percent dead piglets before weaning.