Table 6

Association (regression coefficients) between gait, posture (the maximal scores over time for each sow were used) and lesions in the knee joint.


Femur

Medial condyle
Lateral condyle

Ulceration
Repair
Infolding
Ulceration

Weak pasterns forelegs
0.58*

-0.90**

Hind legs turned out

1.12***
-0.55*

Stiff in rear
-0.73**


1.00**

No. of sows = 60. Levels of significance: * P ≤ 0.05; ** P ≤ 0.01; *** P ≤ 0.001.

Kirk et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:5   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-50-5