From: Management practices related to the control of gastrointestinal parasites on Swedish pig farms
Total | Herd size | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small | Medium | Large | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Cleaning between each batch | ||||||||
Deep litter straw | 9/104 | 9 | 6/14 | 43 | 3/66 | 5 | 0/24 | 0 |
Conventional pens | 5/45 | 11 | 3/7 | 43 | 2/22 | 9 | 0/16 | 0 |
Disinfection between each batch | ||||||||
Deep litter straw | 11/104 | 11 | 3/14 | 21 | 5/66 | 8 | 3/24 | 13 |
Conventional pens | 9/45 | 20 | 2/7 | 29 | 3/22 | 14 | 4/16 | 25 |
Downtime ≥ 4 days between each batch | ||||||||
Deep litter straw | 43/104 | 41 | 3/14 | 21b | 25/66 | 38b | 15/24 | 63a |
Conventional pens | 12/45 | 27 | 1/7 | 14 | 6/22 | 27 | 5/16 | 31 |