Table 5 Number and percent of preweaning piglets from 88 English farms with foot and limb lesions by age, floor type and floor condition
Sole bruising | Sole Erosion | Skin abrasion | Swollen joint/claw | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | Total n | |
Age | |||||||||
1-week | 551 | 75.8 | 97 | 13.3 | 415 | 57.1 | 28 | 3.9 | 727 |
2-week | 465 | 55.4 | 130 | 15.5 | 431 | 51.4 | 41 | 4.9 | 839 |
3-week | 240 | 36.9 | 117 | 18.0 | 212 | 32.6 | 32 | 4.9 | 651 |
4-week | 130 | 20.8 | 91 | 14.5 | 167 | 26.7 | 32 | 5.1 | 626 |
Floor/bedding | |||||||||
Solid with bedding | 124 | 37.6 | 41 | 12.4 | 167 | 50.6 | 13 | 3.9 | 330 |
Partly slatted with bedding | 320 | 58.3 | 72 | 13.1 | 250 | 45.5 | 24 | 4.4 | 549 |
Partly slatted with bedding in some areas | 351 | 72.1 | 146 | 30.0 | 293 | 60.2 | 40 | 8.2 | 487 |
Part slatted no bedding | 546 | 56.4 | 215 | 22.2 | 432 | 44.6 | 53 | 5.5 | 969 |
Fully slatted | 253 | 61.6 | 49 | 11.9 | 209 | 50.9 | 34 | 8.3 | 411 |
Outdoor | 4 | 1.0 | 21 | 5.0 | 19 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 419 |
Worn rough sow lying area | |||||||||
No | 1084 | 56.3 | 320 | 16.6 | 918 | 47.7 | 109 | 5.7 | 1925 |
Yes | 270 | 65.5 | 86 | 20.9 | 257 | 62.4 | 27 | 6.6 | 412 |
Worn rough sow dunging area | |||||||||
No | 1278 | 56.5 | 381 | 16.8 | 1117 | 49.4 | 120 | 5.3 | 2262 |
Yes | 79 | 63.7 | 32 | 25.8 | 71 | 57.3 | 17 | 13.7 | 124 |
Wet floor in the lying area | |||||||||
No | 1273 | 58.3 | 430 | 19.7 | 1068 | 48.9 | 130 | 6.0 | 2184 |
Yes | 303 | 62.5 | 84 | 17.3 | 261 | 53.8 | 32 | 6.6 | 485 |
Bedding type | |||||||||
Straw | 327 | 33.1 | 98 | 9.9 | 335 | 33.9 | 25 | 2.5 | 989 |
Wood shavings | 270 | 63.2 | 96 | 22.5 | 232 | 54.3 | 29 | 6.8 | 427 |
Paper | 49 | 89.1 | 8 | 14.5 | 39 | 70.9 | 1 | 1.8 | 55 |
Slat material | |||||||||
Metal | 424 | 53.5 | 179 | 22.6 | 356 | 44.9 | 41 | 5.2 | 792 |
Plastic | 595 | 63.3 | 147 | 15.6 | 509 | 54.1 | 57 | 6.1 | 940 |
Metal and plastic | 209 | 65.3 | 42 | 13.1 | 162 | 50.6 | 19 | 5.9 | 320 |