Assessment of Major Reproductive Disorders in Dairy Cattle in and around Bale Robe, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Table 7

The association of prevalence rate of major reproductive problems with parity of the cows.

Type of disorder	Primiparous (n = 114)		Pluriparous (n = 270)		Level of significance
	F	%	F	%
Dystocia	10	8.77	5	1.85	SS
Abortion	4	3.51	12	4.44	SNS
Mastitis	18	15.79	61	22.59	SNS
Hypocalcemia	0	—	5	1.85	SNS
RFM	12	10.53	13	4.81	SS
RB	21	18.42	47	17.41	SNS
Anoestrus	3	2.63	4	1.48	SNS
Uterine and vaginal prolapse	9	7.89	12	4.44	SNS
Uterine discharge	0	—	4	1.48	SNS
Stillbirth	1	0.88	2	0.74	SNS
Mixed disorder	3	2.63	8	2.96	SNS
Total	81	71.05	173	64.07	SNS

SNS = statistically not significant (-value >0.05), SS = statistically significant (-value <0.05), n = number of observations, and F = frequency of observation.