Diarrhoea in neonatal piglets: a case control study on microbiological findings

Table 1 Diagnoses assigned at necropsy in 230 piglets selected as diarrhoeic and 125 piglets selected as non-diarrhoeic by the veterinary practitioners in the herds prior to euthanazia. Single piglets were given one to two diagnoses at necropsy

	Enteritis	Starvation	Arthritis	Pneumonia	Trauma from castration	Healthy	Unspecific
Diarrhoeic	171 (74%)	31 (13%)^a	2 (1%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1%)	30 (13%)	4 (2%)
Non-diarrhoeic	11 (9%)	11 (9%)^b	1 (1%)	1 (1%)	1 (1%)	97 (78%)	5 (4%)

^a26 (11%) had starvation as the only diagnosis. ^b10 (8%) had starvation as the only diagnosis

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