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Table 4 The diagnoses used with individual treatments in all in – all out LSO 2000 finishing units. The percentage of batches affected represents the batches where at least one diagnosis in question was recorded in the log book (altogether 572 batches, mass-medicated batches excluded). The percentage of pigs treated describes the median percentage (minimum – maximum) of pigs having different diagnoses in the affected batches.

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

Diagnosis

% of batches affected

Median % of pigs treated in the affected batches

% of all pigs reared treated individuallya

Tail biting

69

3 (0.1–100)

2

Arthritis

70

2 (0.1–27)

2

Respiratory

13

0.5 (0.1–14)

0.2

Digestive, infective

12

0.7 (0.2–8)

0.1

Digestive, other

6

0.5 (0.2–6)

0.05

Locomotory

34

0.7 (0.2–19)

0.3

Oedema

1

1 (0.4–11)

0.05

Erysipelas

4

2 (0.2–17)

0.1

Skin

8

0.4 (0.2–11)

0.07

Glässer

11

0.5 (0.1–9)

0.08

Unknown disease

11

0.4 (0.1–2)

0.04

Abscess

5

0.3 (0.1–2)

0.02

Nervous

3

0.4 (0.2–0.7)

0.01

Other

11

0.4 (0.1–4)

0.07

Information missing

29

3 (0.1–17)

0.5

Any disease

95

5 (0.2–100)

6a

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