What sires are resulting in stillbirths?
Command: SUM BY PSIRC FOR CDEAD>0 LACT>0 FDAT>Month.Day.Year BY LCTGP\B
Alternate Command: SUM BY PSIRC FOR CDEAD>0 LACT>0 FDAT>-365 BY LCTGP\B
Description: This command will give you a summary on the count of cows (by lactation group) that
calved in the past year that resulted in a stillbirth along with the sire associated with the stillbirth
***Note: If a cows calves twice in one year, these commands will only include the most recent
freshening (see Calf Table commands on page 3 for inclusion of cows with multiple freshenings)
Dairy Comp Items to know:
 PSIRC: Sire of previous calf
 The sire the cow or heifer previously conceived to (i.e., sire of the calf that was born)
 CDEAD: Calf born dead or alive
o CDEAD=0; calf born alive
o CDEAD=1; calf born dead
o CDEAD=2; 2 calves born dead (i.e. twin stillbirths; twin stillbirth event with both calves
dying will be summarized as a count of one in the Dairy Comp table)
 FDAT: Fresh Date for the cow or heifer
o FDAT>Month.Day.Year
o FDAT>-365 (this will analyze the animals that freshened in the past 365 days)
 \B: This switch will include both active cows and those culled during the past year
Example Command: SUM BY PSIRC FOR CDEAD>0 LACT>0 FDAT>3.12.2014 BY LCTGP\B
 Dairy Comp backup was from 3/12/2015. By using: FDAT>3.12.2014, this will analyze
animals that freshened from 3/12/2014 through 3/12/2015 (last year).
 To analyze data during a specific time frame, you could also use:
o SUM BY PSIRC FOR CDEAD>0 LACT>0 FDAT=12.12.2014-3.12.2015 BY LCTGP\B
o This example command will analyze data during the past 3 months
Alternate Command: SUM BY PSIRC FOR CDEAD>0 LACT>0 FDAT>-365 BY LCTGP\B
***Note: If you only wanted to look at the Lact=1 cows, you can use the following command:
Command: SUM BY PSIRC FOR CDEAD>0 LACT=1 FDAT>-365\B
Generating a list of the cows that had a stillbirth and the sire of the calf
Command: LIST ID LACT PSIRC CSEX FOR CDEAD>0 FDAT>-365 BY PSIRC\B
 Add “LACT=1” or “LACT>1” after “FOR” statement to list only Lact=1 or Lact>1 cows
Description: This command will list the cows that had a stillbirth, the sire of the calf, and sex and health
Dairy Comp Items to know:
 CSEX: Calf sex and health at birth
 MSD = Male, Sold, Dead; MSA = Male, Sold, Alive
 FSD = Female, Sold, Dead; FSA = Female, Sold, Alive; FKA = Female, Kept, Alive
 When two are combined (Example: MKAMSD), this indicates a twin birth
Determining Stillbirth Rates within the Herd by Calf Table
Command: EVENTS\ISB (Choose Option 3 for Calf Table)
 Add “FOR LACT=1” or “FOR LACT>1” to determine stillbirth rates of different groups of animals
Description: The calf table can provide you with a summary of all fresh events. Stillbirth data is located
from the column labeled “Dead” to the column labeled “%F”
 %D: Stillbirth rate for the entire herd
 %M: Stillbirth rate of the male calves born
 %F: Stillbirth rate of the female calves born
 In the example below, the stillbirth rate was the same for male and female calves born
Calf Table Stillbirth Rates by Sire of the Calf
Command: EVENTS\ISB BY PSIRC (Choose Option 3 for Calf Table)
 Add “FOR LACT=1” or “FOR LACT>1” to determine stillbirth rates of different groups of animals
Description: This will give you the full breakdown of all calves born (dead or alive) by the sire of the calf
born.
***Note: This Calf Table will include all freshenings during the past year (i.e. cows that freshened twice
in one year)
 Since the Calf Table will include both live and dead calves, it may be easiest to export the data to
an excel spreadsheet and sort in their (see red box below)
Alternate Command: EVENTS\ISB FOR CDEAD>0 BY PSIRC (Choose Option 3 for Calf Table)
 Add “FOR LACT=1” or “FOR LACT>1” to determine stillbirth rates of different groups of animals
***Note: This Calf Table will include all freshenings during the past year (i.e. cows that freshened twice
in one year) that resulted in a dead calf being born
What sires are resulting in difficult births?
Command: SUM BY PSIRC FOR EASE>2 LACT>0 FDAT>-365 BY LCTGP\B
Description: This command will give you a summary on the count of cows (by lactation group) that
calved in the past year that resulted in a difficult birth along with the sire associated with it. In this
instance, I chose a calving ease score of 3 and greater.
***Note: Be advised when running analysis on calving ease, not all dairies record it or record it properly
Summarizing Calving Ease Distribution within the Herd
Command: SUM BY EASE FOR LACT>0 FDAT>-365 BY LCTGP\B
Description: This command will give you a general overview of the calving ease for cows and heifers that
freshened during the past year
***Note: This particular herd actually does a good job of recording calving ease. All cows and heifers
that freshened received a calving ease score