Table 2 Ten pigs with abnormal curvature
Pig | Abnormal curvature | Wedge vertebra | Vertebral lesions | Articular process and rib joint lesions | Lesion and curvature match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kyphosis | T4 ventral wedge | No | No | No |
Lordosis | T10 dorsal wedge | No | Left and right articular process OCa | Dorsal lesions and wedge match | |
2* | Kyphosis | T5 ventral wedge | No | No | No |
Lordosis | T7 dorsal wedge | No | No | No | |
7* | Kyphosis | T6 ventral wedge | No | No | No |
Lordosis | T7 dorsal wedge and fracture | Neuro-central synchondrosis fracture | No | Dorsal lesions and wedge match | |
Lordosis, scoliosis | T8 dorsal and left wedge | No | No | No | |
8 | Kyphosis | T14–15 ventral wedge block vertebra and right shift | T14 left cranio-ventral cyst; T15 left cranio-ventral OC; T15 left caudo-ventral sclerosis; multiple transverse process lesions | Multiple articular process joint lesions | Ventral lesions and wedging match, but also dorsal lesions |
11 | Kyphosis, scoliosis | T16 ventral and right wedge | Right caudo-ventral right OC | No | Right ventral lesions and wedge match |
12* | Kyphosis | T3 ventral wedge | No | No | No |
Lordosis | T8 dorsal wedge | No | No | No | |
15* | Kyphosis | T4–5 mild ventral wedge | No | No | No |
Lordosis | T8–9 mild dorsal wedge | No | T8 left articular process OC; T9 left articular process OCDb | Dorsal lesions and wedge match; left side mismatch | |
18* | Lordosis, scoliosis | T9 dorsal and left wedge | No | No | No |
21 | Kyphosis | T13 ventral wedge | Left cranio-ventral OCD | No | Ventral lesion and wedge match; left side mismatch |
Kyphosis, scoliosis | T14 ventral and left wedge, spondylosis | Midline cranio-ventral OCD and spondylosis; left caudo-ventral OC | No | Ventral and left lesions and wedge match | |
Kyphosis | T15 ventral wedge | Mid-to-left caudo-ventral cyst | No | Ventral lesion and wedge match; left side mismatch | |
34 | Lordosis | T9 dorsal wedge | No | Right side articular process joint double line | Dorsal lesion and wedge match; right side mismatch |
10 pigs | 22 curvatures: 10 kyphosis 8 lordosis 4 scoliosis | 21 wedge vertebrae: 12 ventral wedge 9 dorsal wedge 4 lateral wedge | 10 pigs: 6 pigs no lesions 4 pigs lesions | 10 pigs: 7 pigs no lesions 3 pigs lesions | 10 pigs: 3 pigs no match 4 pigs match 3 pigs partial match |