Dr. Philip Rasmussen, researcher from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, led a research team that calculated dairy farmers lose $65 billion US per year to the top 12 diseases.
The losses include the value of lost milk production and culling sick cattle.
Their calculated losses are:
Subclinical ketosis — $18 billion
Clinical mastitis – $13 billion
Subclinical mastitis – $9 billion
Lameness – $6 billion
Metritis – $5 billion
Ovarian cysts – $4 billion
Paratuberculosis/Johne’s disease – $4 billion
Retained placenta — $3 billion
Displaced abomasum – $0.6 billion
Dystocia – $0.6 billion
Milk fever/hypocalcemia – $0.6 billion
Clinical ketosis – $0.2 billion
