Understanding the interface between European wild boar (Sus scrofa) and domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) in Sweden through a questionnaire study

Table 1 Main type of production of 206 Swedish pig producers responding to a questionnaire on wild boar presence

Main type of production	Number of respondents	Category of pigs	Number of animals
Main type of production	Number of respondents	Category of pigs	Min	Max	Median (IQR^a)
Farrow-to-finish	76	year sows^b	10	950	250 (120–330)
Farrow-to-finish	76	finishers per year	200	25000	5600 (2800–8000)
Specialized piglet	54	year sows^b	9	3000	300 (129–500)
Specialized piglet	54	finishers per year^c	10	6500	135 (80, 425)
Specialized fattening	64	finishers per year	600	47500	3500 (2500–6000)
Breeding/gilt	4	year sows^b	110	400	–^d
Breeding/gilt	4	finishers per year^c	2500	6500	–^d
‘Other’	8	year sows^b	2	3160	–^d
‘Other’	8	finishers per year	2	300	–^d

^aInter-quartile range (25–75% percentiles)
^bSows in production, per year
^c20 of the 54 specialized piglet producers, and 3 of the 4 breeding/gilt producing herds also produced finishers
^dIncludes diverse categories or few responses making it unsuitable for a median value

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