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Table 6 Association (regression coefficients) between gait, posture (the maximal scores over time for each sow were used) and lesions in the knee joint.

From: The impact of elbow and knee joint lesions on abnormal gait and posture of sows

 

Femur

 

Medial condyle

Lateral condyle

 

Ulceration

Repair

Infolding

Ulceration

Weak pasterns forelegs

0.58*

 

-0.90**

 

Hind legs turned out

 

1.12***

-0.55*

 

Stiff in rear

-0.73**

  

1.00**

  1. No. of sows = 60. Levels of significance: * P ≤ 0.05; ** P ≤ 0.01; *** P ≤ 0.001.
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147