Abrasions and lameness in piglets born in different farrowing systems with different types of floor

Table 3 Least-squares means for lesion scores in piglets reared in three different farrowing systems with respect to pen design and type of floor over time.

	Type of floor
	Old concrete, solid floor	New concrete, slatted dunging area	Deep litter system with peat
*Site*	Day 3
Carpus	0.9 ± 0.6	1.0 ± 0.5	0.9 ± 0.5
Hock	0.1 ± 0.1	0.1 ± 0.2	0.2 ± 0.2
Abdomen & teats	0.2 ± 0.2	0.0 ± 0.1	0.1 ± 0.1
Face	0.1 ± 0.1	0.1 ± 0.1	0.4 ± 0.3
Tail	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.1	0.1 ± 0.1
Soles of feet	0.9 ± 0.4	1.0 ± 0.5	0.3 ± 0.3
Castration wounds	-	-	-
*Site*	Day 10
Carpus	1.2 ± 0.5 *	1.3 ± 0.3 ns	0.5 ± 0.3 ***
Hock	0.0 ± 0.1 ns	0.2 ± 0.3 ns	0.0 ± 0.1 ***
Abdomen & teats	0.0 ± 0.1 ***	0.0 ± 0.0 ns	0.0 ± 0.0 **
Face	0.0 ± 0.1 ns	0.0 ± 0.1 ns	0.1 ± 0.1 ***
Tail	0.0 ± 0.0 ns	0.0 ± 0.0 ns	0.1 ± 0.1 ns
Soles of feet	0.4 ± 0.4 ***	0.9 ± 0.3 ns	0.0 ± 0.1 **
Castration wounds	0.7 ± 0.4	0.2 ± 0.2	0.2 ± 0.4
*Site*	Day 17
Carpus	0.3 ± 0.2 ***	0.5 ± 0.3 ***	0.1 ± 0.2 ***
Hock	0.0 ± 0.0 ns	0.0 ± 0.0 *	0.0 ± 0.0 ns
Abdomen & teats	0.0 ± 0.0 ns	0.0 ± 0.0 ns	0.0 ± 0.1 ns
Face	0.0 ± 0.0 ns	0.0 ± 0.0 ns	0.0 ± 0.0 ns
Tail	0.0 ± 0.0 ns	0.0 ± 0.0 ns	0.0 ± 0.1 ns
Soles of feet	0.2 ± 0.2 *	0.2 ± 0.3 ***	0.0 ± 0.1 ns
Castration wounds	0.2 ± 0.3 ***	0.1 ± 0.2 ns	0.1 ± 0.3 ns

ns, not significant; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001;
Statistical remarks indicate comparisons to the score at the previous recording at that actual site within pen category. For differences between the pen categories, see the figures

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