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Table 4 Median (min.–max.) number of daily movements (total movements and percentage of risky movements) towards the farrowing unit and the gestation/insemination unit 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 (n)

Percentage of risky movements (%)

Farrowing

Gestation/insemination

Farrowing

Gestation/insemination

Farm A

    

Weaning week

4a (1–12)

4a (1–17)

40a (0–100)

33b (0–100)

Insemination week

2b (1–8)

5a (1–16)

33a (0–100)

16a (0–100)

Farrowing week

4a (1–11)

4a (1–11)

33a (0–100)

20a (0–100)

Farm B

    

Weaning

6b (1–158)

16ab (1–344)

100a (0–100)

20b (0–100)

Insemination + farrowing

15a (1–169)

25a (2–105)

94b (0–100)

13a (0–45)

No main activities 1

7b (1–94)

14b (1–169)

94b (0–100)

21b (0–100)

No main activities 2

8b (1–36)

16b (1–151)

100b (0–100)

21b (0–100)

Farm C

    

Weaning

22a (6–95)

19a (3–103)

89a (33–100)

6ab (0–57)

Insemination + farrowing

23a (3–94)

23a (1–123)

88a (50–100)

8a (0–100)

No main activities 1

18ab (4–70)

14b (4–57)

83b (50–100)

4b (0–50)

No main activities 2

16b (4–43)

14b (2–37)

87ab (25–100)

0b (0–38)

Farm D

    

Weaning

22a (1–120)

28a (4–97)

40a (13–100)

8ab (0–24)

Insemination + farrowing

39b (3–86)

24ab (1–77)

33b (8–60)

6a (0–29)

No main activities 1

27a (2–87)

19bc (1–78)

35b (3–67)

7a (0–30)

No main activities 2

13c (2–34)

16c (2–39)

36b (0–63)

11b (0–50)

Farm E

    

Weaning

24a (1–106)

8a (1–49)

67a (3–100)

33a (0–100)

Insemination + farrowing

44b (2–129)

7ab (1–46)

45a (0–100)

9ab (0–100)

No main activities 1

24ab (1–120)

5b (1–48)

55a (0–100)

5b (0–100)

No main activities 2

19a (1–147)

6ab (1–46)

55a (0–100)

0b (0–100)

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