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Table 2 Prevalence of litters with lameness diagnosed in piglets by sow parity. Total prevalence, mean number and range of lame pigs in the affected litters, as well as the percentages of litters with one, two, three or more than three affected piglets

From: Lameness in piglets – should pain killers be included at treatment?

 

Litters

Litters with lameness

Number of lame piglets in affected litters

Parity

Total

n

%

Mean

Range

1 lame

2 lame

3 lame

>3 lame

1

146

46

31.5 A

1.52

1-9

76 %A

15 %A

4 %A

4 %A

2

103

39

37.9 AB

1.51

1-6

74 %AB

18 %A

5 %A

5 %A

3

97

40

41.2 AB

1.74

1-6

55 %BC

28 %A

8 %A

8 %AB

4

62

33

53.2 B

2.15

1-6

48 %C

51 %B

15 %AB

15 %AB

>4

73

52

71.2 C

2.18

1-7

54%C

29%A

27%B

19%B

  1. Different superscript letters within columns indicate significant pairwise differences with P < 0.05