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Table 1 Distribution of sex and colour type and mean wound size for common mink wounds

From: Anatomical distribution and gross pathology of wounds in necropsied farmed mink (Neovison vison) from June and October

Wound type

(June)

Sex

Colour type

Mean wound size

(cm2)

n = 320

n = 325

Black

n = 60

Brown

n = 562

Blue/grey

n = 18

White/light

n = 102

Other

n = 41

Ear

46

(14.4 %)

20

(6.2 %)

12a,b

(20.0 %)

46a

(8.2 %)

2

(11.1 %)

3b

(2.9 %)

4

(9.8 %)

7.8

n = 53

P = 0.001

P = 0.01

Scalp

21

(6.6 %)

22

(6.8 %)

7

(11.7 %)

31

(5.5 %)

0

(0.0 %)

3

(2.9 %)

2

(4.9 %)

8.2

n = 34

P = 0.916

P = 0.137

Neck

15

(4.7 %)

52

(16.0 %)

4

(6.7 %)

55

(9.8 %)

2

(11.1 %)

7

(6.9 %)

4

(9.8 %)

8.7

n = 66

P = 0.0001

P = 0.818

Shoulder

3

(0.9 %)

25

(7.7 %)

1

(1.7 %)

20

(3.6 %)

0

(0.0 %)

3

(2.9 %)

4

(9.8 %)

7.8

n = 20

P = 0.0001

P = 0.253

Wound type

(October)

Sex

Colour type

Mean wound size

(cm2)

n = 283

n = 355

Black

n = 49

Brown

n = 476

Blue/grey

n = 25

White/light

n = 81

Other

n = 25

Thigh

8

(2.8 %)

49

(13.8 %)

4

(8.2 %)

42

(8.8 %)

2

(8.0 %)

9

(11.1 %)

3

(12.0 %)

9.5

n = 80

P = 0.0001

P = 0.946

Tail base

19

(6.7 %)

131

(36.9 %)

8

(16.3 %)

118a

(24.8 %)

9b

(36.0 %)

10a,b

(12.3 %)

7

(28.0 %)

19.2

n = 141

P = 0.0001

P = 0.031

Tail

31

(11.0 %)

63

(17.7 %)

5

(10.2 %)

71

(14.9 %)

3

(12.0 %)

11

(13.6 %)

6

(24.0 %)

6.2

n = 22

P = 0.015

P = 0.624

  1. Number and proportion of dead or euthanized mink presenting wounds on ear, scalp, neck and shoulder (June), or thigh, tail base and tail (October). The results are stratified according to sex and colour type. Mean wound size is given for each location. Due to occasional more wound types on the same mink and due to inability to determine the sex of all animals, the numbers may not be the same as the total proportions given in the text
  2. a,bEstimates with the same letter are significantly different in multiple comparisons