Microbiological, pathological and histological findings in four Danish pig herds affected by a new neonatal diarrhoea syndrome

Table 3 Necropsy findings in diarrhoeic and non-diarrhoeic piglets

Necropsy findings	Diarrhoeic	Non-diarrhoeic	P-value ¹
	n=51	n=50
	(%)	(%)
General findings
Poor body condition	57	4	< 0.0001
Dehydration	29	2	< 0.0001
Empty stomach	0	12	1
Small intestine
Flaccidity	73	20	< 0.0001
Hyperaemia of serosa	6	0	0.2
Striping of serosa	2	0	1
Edema in mesentery	4	4	1
Enlargement of lymph nodes	18	16	0.9
Dullness/ necrosis of mucosa	8	8	1
Watery contents	57	30	0.01
Large intestine
Flaccidity	53	6	< 0.0001
Edema in mesentery	39	20	0.06
Enlargement of lymphnodes	4	2	1
Liquid contents	48	10	< 0.0001

¹: One-sided Fisher’s exact test. Findings having a statistically significant positive association with diarrhoea are presented in bold.

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