Category | Variable name | Description of the variable |
Calf management | Calf housing | Calves housed indoors or outdoors, coded: outdoors = 0, indoors = 1 |
Calf with mother | Whether or not the calf has access to the dam or not, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 | |
Calf in cow barn | Whether or not that calf is housed in the same barn as the cows, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 | |
Calf floor | Calf flooring material, coded: dirt = 0, concrete = 1 | |
Greenhouse | Calves housed in greenhouse, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 | |
Calf tied in barn | Whether calves are tied in the barn, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 | |
Individual calf housing | Calves in individual housing, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 | |
Calf group pen | Calves in group pens, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 | |
Colostrum administration | Nursing | Calves allowed to nurse from dam, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 |
Bottle | Calves bottle fed, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 | |
Amount colostrum | Amount of colostrum fed in quarts | |
Colostrum per day | How many times colostrum is fed per day | |
Colostrum days | How many days colostrum is administered | |
Post weaning management | Post weaning housing | Type of housing for post weaned heifers, coded: greenhouse = 0, cowbarn = 1, outdoor pen = 2, heifer barn = 3 |
Post weaning stall | Freestall vs. tiestall, coded: freestall = 0, tiestall = 1 | |
Post weaning floor | Hay vs. dust flooring, coded: dust = 0, hay = 1 | |
Herd management | Closed herd | Whether herd is closed or not, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 |
Calving area | Presence of designated calving area, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 | |
Bedding frequency | Frequency of calving area bedding, coded: monthly = 0, once daily = 1, twice daily = 2, weekly = 3, | |
Medicated feed | Feed medication, coded: none = 0, antibiotics = 1, anticoccidial = 2 | |
Water source | Herd water source, coded: well = 0, spring = 1 | |
Water treatment | Water treatment method, coded: no treatment = 0, UV = 1, chemical = 2 | |
Manure management | Frequency | Frequency of manure spreading, coded: 0 = daily, 1 = weekly, 2 = monthly, 3 = yearly or less |
Spread with | Mechanism of manure spreading, coded: 0 = tractor, 1 = vee spreader, 2 = truck | |
Other species | Dogs | Presence, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 |
Cats | Presence, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 | |
Rabbits | Presence, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 | |
Horses | Presence, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 | |
Goat | Presence, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 | |
Sheep | Presence, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 | |
Chickens | Presence, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 | |
Pigs | Presence, coded: no = 0, yes = 1 |