Table 2 Descriptive statistics of clinical signs of finishing pigs after ten weeks of rearing in 46 study herds (continuous variables)
From: Herd-level risk factors for chronic pleurisy in finishing pigs: a case-control study
Variable | n | Median | Min. | Max. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Coughing, % | ||||
All herds | 46 | 0.1 | 0 | 5.5 |
Control herds | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
Case herds | 21 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.6 |
Sneezing, % | ||||
All herds | 46 | 3.4 | 0 | 16.0 |
Control herds | 25 | 3.9 | 0 | 15.3 |
Case herds | 21 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 16.0 |
Tear staining, % | ||||
All herds | 44 | 66.0 | 1.0 | 100 |
Control herds | 24 | 66.9 | 13 | 99.0 |
Case herds | 20 | 56.1 | 0.95 | 100 |
Runts, % | ||||
All herds | 46 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
Control herds | 25 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
Case herds | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
Lameness, % | ||||
All herds | 46 | 1.8 | 0 | 8.2 |
Control herds | 25 | 1.1 | 0 | 8.2 |
Case herds | 21 | 1.9 | 0 | 4.6 |
Acute tail biting, % | ||||
All herds | 46 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
Control herds | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 |
Case herds | 21 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
Healed tail biting, %* | ||||
All herds | 45 | 10.0 | 0 | 94.7 |
Control herds | 25 | 4.3 | 0 | 33.7 |
Case herds | 20 | 13.1 | 0 | 94.7 |
Flank biting, %* | ||||
All herds | 46 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Control herds | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.99 |
Case herds | 21 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Sitting, % | ||||
All herds | 45 | 8.1 | 0 | 19.0 |
Control herds | 24 | 9.0 | 1 | 19.0 |
Case herds | 21 | 5.9 | 0 | 17.5 |
Neurological signs, % | ||||
All herds | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 |
Control herds | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Case herds | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 |
Conjunctivitis, % | ||||
All herds | 46 | 7.0 | 0 | 53.5 |
Control herds | 25 | 3.3 | 0 | 31.6 |
Case herds | 21 | 12.0 | 0 | 53.5 |
Diarrhoea, % | ||||
All herds | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 |
Control herds | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 |
Case herds | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 |
Skin scratches, % | ||||
All herds | 46 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 |
Control herds | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Case herds | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 |