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Table 3 The time of occurrence and the duration of different treatments (both individual treatments and mass medications) in 595 batches of feeder pigs in all in – all out LSO 2000 finishing herds (median, minimum-maximum).

From: Diagnoses and Treatments in Health-Classified Fattening Herds Rearing Pigs All In – All Out

  

Time of the treatment

Duration of the treatment

Diagnosis

Number of casesa

Days from arrival

N

Number of days

N

Tail biting

4983

37 (0–99)

4947

3 (0–14)

4197

Arthritis

3764

27 (0–109)

3698

3 (0–12)

3549

Respiratory

3027

45 (1–107)

2770

7 (1–21)

3022

Digestive, infective

3025

14 (2–73)

3025

7 (1–10)

2753

Digestive, other

1039

39 (3–89)

1051

6 (0–10)

1047

Locomotory

669

23 (0–99)

667

3 (0–14)

636

Oedema

495

17 (3–42)

111

5 (1–5)

490

Erysipelas

224

28 (0–96)

223

1 (1–5)

212

Skin

216

29 (0–99)

206

1 (0–7)

207

Glässer

215

7 (1–57)

194

1 (0–5)

210

Unknown disease

86

26 (0–96)

82

3 (1–21)

74

Abscess

42

17 (1–63)

38

3 (1–8)

35

Nervous

18

38 (3–77)

18

3 (0–7)

18

Other

172

40 (0–105)

136

3 (0–17)

139

Information missing

1055

31 (0–103)

1033

4 (0–14)

713

Any disease

 

27 (0–109)

 

5 (0–21)

 
  1. aSome pigs counted more than once because of >1 treatment periods per pig or >1 disease code per treatment recorded