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Table 4 Number and percent of 2843 piglets from 88 English farms with foot and limb lesions by location

From: 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

  

Sole bruising

Sole erosion

Skin abrasion

Hairless patch

Swollen joint/claw

Limb

Location

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Fore right

Carpal1

    

1032

36.3

1308

46.0

14

0.5

 

Carpoph.2

    

532

18.7

1077

37.9

17

0.6

 

Foot

1146

40.3

489

17.2

    

11

0.4

Fore left

Carpal

    

873

30.7

1305

45.9

26

0.9

 

Carpoph.

    

517

18.2

1109

39.0

26

0.9

 

Foot

1140

40.1

478

16.8

    

14

0.5

Hind right

Tarsal3

    

287

10.1

574

20.2

28

1.0

 

Carpoph.

        

11

0.4

 

Foot

1060

37.3

589

20.7

    

6

0.2

Hind left

Tarsal

    

279

9.8

583

20.5

9

0.3

 

Carpoph.

        

14

0.5

 

Foot

1035

36.4

577

20.3

    

14

0.5

  1. 1carpal joint
  2. 2carpophalangeal joint
  3. 3 tarsal joint