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Table 2 The percentage (number) of pigs with unilateral or bilateral porcine ear necrosis lesions

From: Porcine ear necrosis in weaned piglets: prevalence and impact on daily weight gain

Weaning batch

1

2a

3a

4

5

6a

Total

Total number of pigs

583

547

676

672

749

616

3898

% (number) of affected pigs

22 (127)

32 (173)

11 (75)

24 (159)

20 (150)

32 (197)

23.5 (881)

% (number) of pigs affected unilaterally

12 (69)

20 (107)

8 (52)

14 (94)

12 (93)

19 (120)

14.1 (535)

% (number) of pigs affected bilaterally

10 (58)

12 (66)

3 (23)

10 (65)

8 (57)

13 (77)

9.3 (346)

% of pigs affected bilaterally within animals with lesions

46

38

31

40

38

39

39

  1. Data collected at the end of the nursery in the six weaning batches
  2. aA mycotoxin detoxifier was added to the feed of weaning batches 2, 3 and 6