Table 4

Descriptive statistics by primary diagnosis category for 96 post mortem examined sows/gilts






Type
of death*
Average






Aetiology
PAD1 category
n
Prop
(%)
1
2
Parity
nr2
Weight
(kg)
Back-
fat
(mm)
Body
score3
(1–5)

Trauma n = 15 (15.6%)
- fracture
10
10.4
0
10
2.1
186
13.7
2.9

- miscellaneous
5
5.2
4
1
1.6
210
19.3
2.8


Disease n = 76 (79.2%)
- arthritis4
35
36.4
0
35
1.9
164
15.6
2.6

- osteochondrosis
13
13.5
0
13
2.1
185
10.9
2.9

- abscess in spinal cord
7
7.3
0
7
3.7
210
19.2
3.0

- circulatory/cardiac failure
4
4.2
4
0
0.8
157
25.5
3.0

- heart/lung infl. react.
3
3.1
3
0
3.3
207
16.7
2.0

- gastrointest. infl. react.
5
5.2
2
3
2.6
200
21.5
2.8

- miscellaneous
9
8.3
1
8
1.6
180
13.3
3.0


Unknown n = 5 (5.2%)

5
5.2
3
2
3.6
245
23.8
3.0

*Type of death 1 = found dead, 2 = euthanised

1 PAD = pathological-anatomical finding,

2 includes also gilts (parity 0)

3 body score using a 5-grade scale (1 = cachectic; 3 = normal; 5 = obese).

4 includes also 1 case of arthritis caused by trauma

Data were collected from January 22 to September 4 2006 from a large Swedish herd.

Engblom et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:25   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-50-25