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Histomorphological Studies of the Perinatal Pig: Comparison of Five Mortality Groups with Unaffected Pigs

Histomorfologiska studier av grisar i perinatala perioden

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The results of a histological examination of organs obtained from 5 clinically and morphologically identified and described mortality groups of pigs dying during the perinatal period (0–60 h of age) were compared with the results obtained from the same examination of unaffected, apparently normal pigs (0.4–60 h of age). The histomorphological pictures were judged blind according to a scale of 1 to 4, where 1 = none or insignificant, and 4 = a high degree of a specific organ characteristic. The results for each organ characteristic were analysed statistically.

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Resultaten av histologiska undersökning av organ härrörande frän 0–60 timmar gamla kliniskt och morfologiskt identifierade mortalitetsgmpper, jämfördes med resultat av motsvarande studie av normala grisar i samma ålder och från samma besättning. Olika iakttagelser graderades blint i en skala 1–4 där 1 angav ingen eller obetydlig förekomst och 4 höggraddig förekomst av respektive observation. Jämförelserna gjordes med hjälp av statistiska program erhållna från BMPD – Biomedical Computer Program.

Konstaterade differenser mellan normala djur och de olika mortal i tetsgrupperna presenteras i Tabell 3. Ett försök till utvärdering av differenserna har gjorts.

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This work was supported by grant Nos. P111 and P 139 from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (J. Svendsen) and by grant No. 600001-5 from the National Veterinary Institute (N-E. Björklund).

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Björklund, NE., Svendsen, J. & Svendsen, L.S. Histomorphological Studies of the Perinatal Pig: Comparison of Five Mortality Groups with Unaffected Pigs. Acta Vet Scand 28, 105–116 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03548261

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