Research, Policy and Practice
Table 5 Causes (%) of losses in adult and young livestock and distribution (%) of losses by sex
Factor/Age group | Adult | Young | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mortality rate | (%) | SD | SE | Range | (%) | SD | SE | Range |
Male | 30 | 20.1 | 3.7 | 0-80 | 46 | 16 | 2.9 | 0-70 |
Female | 67 | 24.2 | 4.4 | 0-91 | 52 | 18 | 3.2 | 0-80 |
Castrate | 3 | 10.1 | 1.8 | 0-40 | 2 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 0-34 |
Cause of death | ||||||||
Diseases | 57 | 43 | 7.8 | 0-100 | 88 | 30.6 | 5.6 | 0-100 |
Predators | 36 | 36.9 | 6.7 | 0-100 | 11 | 24.4 | 4.5 | 0-100 |
Poisoning | 5 | 15.2 | 2.7 | 0-50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Accidents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.1 | 0-33 |
Unknown | 2 | 9.1 | 1.6 | 0-50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |