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Table 8 Pigs (n = 173) with and without post-weaning diarrhea according to pathogens detected in their fecal samples

From: An observational field study of porcine post-weaning diarrhea: clinical and microbiological findings, and fecal pH-measurements as a potential diagnostic tool

Herd

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

K

M

Total

No. of pigs without (-) and with diarrhea ( +)

−

 + 

−

 + 

−

 + 

−

 + 

−

 + 

−

 + 

−

 + 

−

 + 

−

 + 

−

 + 

10

10

8

12

5

9

10

10

12

8

10

10

12

7

10

10

9

11

86

87

Rotavirus A (high)

0

0

2

8

2

4

3

6

3

5

1

0

1

4

1

3

1

0

14

30

Rotavirus A (low)

7

9

5

4

3

4

7

4

9

3

4

3

6

1

8

7

8

11

57

46

Rotavirus C

7

7

7

6

4

5

2

2

7

3

6

8

6

1

4

3

8

8

51

43

High ETEC

8a

10b

0

0

1

5c

1

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

2c

11

23

Low ETEC

0

0

0

1

0

0

3

1

0

1

4

3

0

1

4

4

1

1

12

12

High non-ETEC EC

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

3

2

2

2

0

0

0

0

3

3

8

9

Low non-ETEC EC

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

3

3

4

5

3

1

1

0

5

4

18

14

Salmonella enterica

0

0

0

0

3

8

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

6

10

Balantidum coli

0

0

1

1

0

0

2

0

2

1

2

1

1

1

0

1

0

2

8

7

Rotavirus B

1

0

1

2

1

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

4

Porcine circovirus 2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

5

0

6

1

Porcine circovirus 3

2

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

3

Clostridium perfringens type A

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Rotavirus H

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

  1. The numbers of pigs are sorted by nine Danish herds (A-M) weaning without medicinal zinc
  2. aMissing values for two pigs, and imputations made for three pigs
  3. bImputations made for four pigs
  4. cMissing values for one pig
  5. ETEC: Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
  6. Non-ETEC EC: hemolytic Escherichia coli that are not enterotoxigenic