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Table 3 The percentage of porcine ear necrosis lesions according to severity score (from 1 to 4)

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 lesionsb

201

239

98

224

207

274

1243

Percentage distribution of the lesions (%)

Score 1

78.0

90.5

76.5

88.0

90.0

84.5

84.6

Score 2

19.0

8.0

21.5

11.5

9.5

14.5

14.0

Score 3

3.0

1.5

2.0

0.5

0.5

0.3

1.3

Score 4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.7

0.1

  1. Data collected at the end of the nursery period in the six weaning batches
  2. aA mycotoxin detoxifier was added to the feed of weaning batches 2, 3 and 6
  3. bThe total number of lesions is the sum of the number of pigs with unilateral lesions and twice the number of pigs with bilateral lesions