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Table 1 Postmortem diagnoses of 76 non-ambulatory pigs in the growing-finishing phase

From: Non-ambulatory pigs in two Brazilian growing-finishing farms: a clinic, etiological and pathological perspective on 76 cases

Diagnosis

Incidence

Tail-biting lesion

EBC

N/E

%

N

Barrows

Females

%

n

Suppurative arthritis

38.2

29/76

24

5

44.82

13/29

2

7/22

Suppurative spondylitis

13.2

10/76

7

3

60

6/10

2

2/8

PCV-2 associated diseases

10.5

8/76

1

7

0

0/8

3

2/6

Bone fracture

9.2

7/76

3

4

14.2

1/7

3

0/7

Suppurative meningoencephalitis

8

6/76

3

3

16.6

1/6

3

4/2

Non-suppurative encephalomyelitis

5.3

4/76

2

2

0

0/4

3

1/3

Fibrocartilaginous embolism

3.9

3/76

1

2

0

0/3

4

2/1

Epiphysiolisis

3.9

3/76

2

1

0

0/3

3,5

1/2

Ascending bacterial myelitis/meningitis

3.9

3/76

2

1

100

3/3

2,5

1/2

Others

3.9

3/76

2

1

0

0/3

3

2/1

Total

100

76

47

29

31.8

24/76

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  1. n: number; %: percentage; BCS: Body Condition Score; N/E: natural death / euthanasia