From: Factors affecting milk cortisol in mid lactating dairy cows
 |  | FARM |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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 |  | F1 | F4 | F5 | F10 | F2 | F3 | F6 | F7 | F8 | F9 |
Breed | Â | IH | IH | IH | IH | IS | IS | IS | IS | IS | IS |
Herd size | N | 654 | 390 | 442 | 456 | 270 | 341 | 320 | 538 | 157 | 201 |
Dairy animals | N | 347 | 236 | 235 | 250 | 147 | 194 | 163 | 280 | 88 | 119 |
First calving | N | 131 | 74 | 82 | 85 | 36 | 64 | 51 | 86 | 18 | 41 |
Lactating cows | N | 313 | 208 | 195 | 227 | 123 | 153 | 137 | 225 | 74 | 96 |
Cows > 50 DIM | N | 279 | 186 | 147 | 204 | 111 | 144 | 117 | 185 | 64 | 84 |
Cows sampled | N | 184 | 128 | 75 | 112 | 88 | 95 | 92 | 126 | 63 | 78 |
Housing | Type | Free stall | Free stall | Free stall | Free stall | Free stall | Free stall | Free stall | Free stall | Free stall | Free stall |
Bedding | Type | Concrete | Concrete | Concrete | Concrete | Straw | Straw | Concrete | Concrete | Concrete | Concrete |
Milking | Type | Parlour | Parlour | Parlour | Parlour | Parlour | Parlour | Parlour | Parlour | Parlour | Parlour |