Parameters Classification Total Puerperal uterine affection
Metritis Retained placenta Mixed Healthy
No % No % No % No %
BCS Poor (<3) 5 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 5 100.0
Medium (3-4) 557 19 3.41 8 1.44 5 0.90 525 94.25
Fatty (>4) 143 3 2.10 3 2.10 2 1.40 135 94.41
Lactation parity 1 99 2 2.02 3 3.03 2 2.02 92 92.93
2 322 7 2.17 6 1.86 3 0.93 306 95.03
3 112 6 5.36 0 0.00 0 0.00 106 94.64
4 78 2 2.56 2 2.56 1 1.28 73 93.59
5 56 2 3.57 0 0.00 0 0.00 54 96.43
>5 38 3 7.89 0 0.00 1 2.63 34 89.47
Season Summer 213 8 3.76 4 1.88 2 0.94 199 93.43
Fall 128 2 1.56 1 0.78 1 0.78 124 96.88
Winter 132 3 2.27 3 2.27 1 0.76 125 94.70
Spring 232 9 3.88 3 1.29 3 1.29 217 93.53
Primi/pleuri primiparous 99 2 2.02 3 3.03 2 2.02 92 92.93
pleuriparous 606 20 3.30 8 1.32 5 0.83 573 94.55
Table 1: Ratios and percentage of postpartum uterine affection among different BCS, lactation parity, calving season, primiparous and pleuriparous Holstein cow groups.