Table 3 Primary and secondary pathological-anatomical diagnoses (PAD-1 and PAD-2) and PAD categories in post-mortem examination of 65 sows found dead (n = 27) or euthanized (n = 38) from 15 Finnish sow herds
From: Pathological findings in spontaneously dead and euthanized sows – a descriptive study
PAD category and diagnosis | PAD-1 | PAD-2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% of all sows | Found dead, n | Eutha-nized, n | % of all sows | Found dead, n | Eutha-nized, n | |
Inflammatory, other than locomotor | 30.8 | 11 | 9 | 9.2 | 3 | 3 |
Peritonitis | 9.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Abscess | 4.6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pneumonia, pleuritis or bronchopneumonia | 4.6 | 3 | 0 | 3.1 | 1 | 1 |
Generalized infection | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Metritis, endometritis or pyometra | 3.1 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
Cystitis, chronic | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
Enteritis and haemorrhagic enteritis | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
Pericarditis (with or without pneumonia) | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
Septic shock | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Locomotor, inflammatory | 16.9 | 0 | 11 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
Arthritis | 9.2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Osteomyelitis, vertebral column | 3.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Myositis or cellulitis | 3.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Digital dermatitis | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Periarthritis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
Locomotor, non-inflammatory | 12.3 | 1 | 7 | 7.7 | 0 | 5 |
Fracture | 7.7 | 1 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
Callus in the hoof | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arthrosis | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 4 |
Myositis due to trauma | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cardiogenic | 4.6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Miscellaneous | 12.3 | 3 | 5 | 12.3 | 5 | 3 |
Decubital ulcer | 3.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Torsion of abdominal organ | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 6.2 | 4 | 0 |
Spleen rupture | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rectal prolapse | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Anaemia | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
Hypovolaemic shock, haemoabdomen | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gastric ulcer | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
Vaginal prolapse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
Uterine prolapse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
Unknown, suspected cardiogenic | 9.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 13.8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 12.3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown due to putrefaction | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |