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Table 2 The median (min.–max.) number of daily movements and the percentage of risky movements in the different weeks of the batch farrowing system in farm A, working in a 3-week system, and farms B, C, D, and E, working in a 4-week system

From: Optimizing internal biosecurity on pig farms by assessing movements of farm staff

 

Total number of movements

Percentage of risky movements

Farm A

Weaning

32a (2–76)

11a (0–30)

Insemination

32a (9–75)

9a (0–32)

Farrowing

33a (13–90)

11a (0–35)

Farm B

  

Weaning

32ab (2–633)

33a (0–52)

Insemination + farrowing

53a (2–348)

33a (0–46)

No main activities 1

33b (1–349)

33a (0–45)

No main activities 2

38b (2–320)

32a (0–50)

Farm C

  

Weaning

58a (21–244)

38a (10–46)

Insemination + farrowing

64a (14–236)

35b (17–47)

No main activities 1

49b (14–166)

36ab (20–44)

No main activities 2

41c (13–103)

36ab (8–50)

Farm D

  

Weaning

71ab (10–247)

16a (6–27)

Insemination + farrowing

85a (8–210)

14ab (4–27)

No main activities 1

66bc (2–173)

15ab (0–32)

No main activities 2

52c (7–273)

13b (0–28)

Farm E

  

Weaning

43ab (5–487)

14a (0–44)

Insemination + farrowing

57a (2–351)

10a (0–60)

No main activities 1

31ab (1–629)

12a (0–40)

No main activities 2

35b (1–544)

14a (0–40)

  1. abcWithin each farm and within a column, values with different superscript differed significantly (p < 0.05)