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Most common observed clinical symptoms* associated with PAD1 categories in 96 post mortem examined sows/gilts |
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| Aetiology |
PAD1 category |
Most common clinical symptoms before death |
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| Trauma |
- fracture |
80% lameness, 60% fracture |
| - miscellaneous |
80% none |
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| - arthritis |
77% lameness, 43% fracture, 37% swollen joint |
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| - osteochondrosis |
62% lameness, 38% sitting, 38% weight loss |
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| - abscess in spinal cord |
86% sitting, 29% lameness, 29% spasm/lack of coordination |
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| Disease |
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| - circulatory/cardiac failure |
75% none |
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| - heart/lunginfl. react. |
67% sitting, 67% weight loss |
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| - gastroint. infl. react. |
40% sitting, 40% inappetence |
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| - miscellaneous |
44% sitting, 33% inappetence, 33% thin |
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| Unknown |
40% sitting, 40% none |
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* more than one symptom could be reported 1 PAD = pathological-anatomical diagnosis 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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