Skip to main content

Table 7 Two level logistic binomial models of the risks associated skin abrasions in preweaning piglets from 98 British farms

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

All pens

Skin abrasion

278 litters

Skin abrasion <1-wk

71 litters

Intercept coefficient

1.5

1.2

 

OR

CI

OR

CI

Age

0.6

0.5, 0.7

  

Floor/bedding

    

   Solid with bedding

    

   Partly slatted with bedding

0.6

0.3, 1.1

0.6

0.2, 2.0

   Partly slatted with bedding in some areas

1.0

0.6, 1.8

0.8

0.2, 2.8

   Partly slatted no bedding

0.7

0.4, 1.1

0.4

0.1, 1.2

   Fully slatted

0.9

0.5, 1.7

0.3

0.0, 0.9

Worn sow lying area

    

   No

    

   Yes

1.6

1.1, 2.4

3.0

1.5, 6.0

Random effects

Var.

SE

Var.

SE

   Farms

0.2

0.1

0.7

0.2

   Pens

0.8

0.1

  

Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit

χ 2

P value

χ 2

P value

 

3.2

0.52

0.4

0.98