A cross sectional study of prevalence, risk factors, population attributable fractions and pathology for foot and limb lesions in preweaning piglets on commercial farms in England

Table 3 Number and percent of 2843 indoor and outdoor housed piglets from 88 English farms with foot and limb lesions score 0 – 3

	Score¹	Score 0		Score 1		Score 2		Score 3
Lesion		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sole bruising	Indoor	1042	43.0	807	33.3	452	18.6	123	5.1
	Outdoor	415	99.0	3	0.7	1	0.2	0	0.0
Sole erosion	Indoor	2010	82.9	281	11.6	104	4.3	29	1.2
	Outdoor	398	95.0	14	3.3	6	1.4	1	0.2
Skin abrasion	Indoor	1218	50.2	424	17.5	523	21.6	259	10.7
	Outdoor	400	95.5	19	4.5	0	0.0	0	0.0
Hairless patch	Indoor	769	31.7	502	20.7	707	29.2	446	15.7
	Outdoor	330	78.8	53	12.6	33	7.9	3	0.1
Swollen joint/claw	Indoor	2291	94.5	43	1.8	56	2.3	34	1.4

¹ 0 = no visible damage, 1 = damage on <25%, 2 = damage 25–50% and 3 = damage >50% of the surface area of the joint of the limb, the volar surface of the foot or for swollen joints and claws, swollen by this proportion compared to the size of a normal joint or claw.

ISSN: 1746-6148