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Death rates in various categories of cattle transported to slaughterhouses

Authors: Veronika Šímová, Vladimír Večerek, Eva Voslářová, Annamaria Passantino and Iveta Bedáňová
Keywords: fattening, livestock, mortality, slaughter

A total of 1 554 945 head of cattle were transported for slaughter in the Czech Republic from 2009 to 2014, of which 1 935 (0.124%) died from causes connected with transport. Mortality rates in cattle differed statistically highly significantly (P < 0.01) according to the individual categories of cattle. The greatest mortality rate associated with transport was found in calves (0.297%), followed by dairy cows (0.219%) and heifers (0.062%). The lowest mortality rate was found in fattened cattle (0.018%) and steers (0.000%).

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