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Table 1 Results of urinalysis on samples collected from the urinary bladders of 134 culled sows from three farrow-to-finish Greek herds

From: Urinary tract infections in culled sows from Greek herds: prevalence and associations between findings of histopathology, bacteriology and urinalysis

Laboratory findings

In total (n = 134)

Herd A (n = 27)

Herd B (n = 54)

Herd C (n = 53)

Urine appearance

 Clear

99 (73.88%)

18 (66.67%)

41 (75.93%)

40 (75.47%)

 Turbid

35 (26.12%)

9 (33.33%)

13 (24.07%)

13 (24.53%)

Proteinuria

 No

104 (77.61%)

20 (74.07%)

43 (79.63%)

41 (77.36%)

 Yes

30 (22.39%)

7 (25.93%)

11 (20.37%)

12 (22.64%)

Sediment

 Absence

81 (60.45%)

13 (48.15%)

32 (59.26%)

36 (67.92%)

 Presence

53 (39.55%)

14 (51.85%)

22 (40.74%)

17 (32.08%)

Leucocytes

 Absence

114 (85.07%)

24 (88.89%)

46 (85.19%)

44 (83.02%)

 Presence

20 (14.93%)

3 (11.11%)

8 (14.81%)

9 (16.98%)

Red blood cells

 Absence

114 (85.07%)

24 (88.89%)

43 (79.63%)

47 (88.68%)

 Presence

20 (14.93%)

3 (11.11%)

11 (20.37%)

6 (11.32%)

Crystals

 Absence

88 (65.67%)

16 (59.26%)

35 (64.81%)

37 (69.81%)

 Presence

46 (34.33%)

11 (40.74%)

19 (35.19%)

16 (30.19%)

Average pH (±SD)

7.27 (± 0.043)

7.33 (± 0.111)

7.23(±0.620)

7.30 (± 0.071)