Mortality and Morbidity of Beef Calves in Free-Range Farms in Alentejo, Portugal—A Preliminary Study

Table 7

Reported mortality rates in beef calves.

Author	Country	Description of variable	Mortality rate
Bleul [18]	Switzerland	Birth to 120 days	4.8%
Carmona Belo et al. [12]	Portugal	Birth to weaning	3%
Cervantes et al. [19]	Spain	Birth to weaning	9.6%
Guerra et al. [20]	United States	Assumed from calf survival rate from birth to weaning of 91%, in LA state	9%
Kamali et al. [21]	Brazil	Birth to weaning	4%
Mõtus et al. [3]	Estonia	1–5 months	2.9%
Ortiz-Pelaez et al. [22]	United Kingdom	Mortality per 180 days, in 3 different regions	1.8%–6%
Perrin et al. [23]	France	7 days–6 months	6.5%
Ramsay et al. [16]	United States	Birth to weaning, in 3 states (TX, OK, and NM)	3.5%
Ring et al. [24]	Ireland	3 days–6 months	6.7%
Sanderson and Dargatz [25]	United States	Birth to weaning	3.7%
Todd et al. [26]	Ireland	Birth to 6 months, at 2 different levels	4.7% and 6%
Waldner et al. [27]	Canada	Birth to 3 months	3.3%