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Descriptive statistics by primary diagnosis category for 96 post mortem examined sows/gilts |
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| Type of death* |
Average |
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| Aetiology |
PAD1 category |
n |
Prop (%) |
1 |
2 |
Parity nr2 |
Weight (kg) |
Back- fat (mm) |
Body score3 (1–5) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| - abscess in spinal cord |
7 |
7.3 |
0 |
7 |
3.7 |
210 |
19.2 |
3.0 |
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| - circulatory/cardiac failure |
4 |
4.2 |
4 |
0 |
0.8 |
157 |
25.5 |
3.0 |
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| - heart/lung infl. react. |
3 |
3.1 |
3 |
0 |
3.3 |
207 |
16.7 |
2.0 |
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| - gastrointest. infl. react. |
5 |
5.2 |
2 |
3 |
2.6 |
200 |
21.5 |
2.8 |
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| - miscellaneous |
9 |
8.3 |
1 |
8 |
1.6 |
180 |
13.3 |
3.0 |
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| Unknown n = 5 (5.2%) |
5 |
5.2 |
3 |
2 |
3.6 |
245 |
23.8 |
3.0 |
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*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 |
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