Table 7: Number and Percent of Lactating Sows with Limb Lesions by Floor Type, Week Of

Table 7: Number and percent of lactating sows with limb lesions by floor type, week of lactation, responsiveness, space in the crate and slat material

Wounds / Calluses / Bursitis / Capped hock / Total
n
n / % / n / % / n / % / n / %
Floor type
Outdoor / 0 / 0.0 / 13 / 37.1 / 4 / 11.4 / 11 / 31.4 / 35
Solid with bedding / 5 / 14.7 / 30 / 88.2 / 13 / 38.2 / 17 / 50.0 / 34
Partly slatted with bedding / 4 / 7.8 / 47 / 92.2 / 24 / 47.1 / 30 / 58.8 / 51
Partly slatted no bedding / 32 / 25.8 / 112 / 90.3 / 50 / 40.3 / 80 / 64.5 / 124
Fully slatted / 10 / 28.6 / 35 / 100.0 / 12 / 34.3 / 21 / 60.0 / 35
Week of lactation
1-week / 19 / 26.0 / 64 / 87.7 / 20 / 27.4 / 37 / 50.7 / 73
2-week / 17 / 21.8 / 65 / 83.3 / 26 / 33.3 / 44 / 56.4 / 78
3-week / 9 / 14.1 / 52 / 81.3 / 27 / 42.2 / 36 / 56.3 / 64
4-week / 6 / 9.4 / 56 / 87.5 / 30 / 46.9 / 42 / 65.6 / 64
Sow’s responsiveness to humans
Bright, alert and responsive / 28 / 15.9 / 141 / 80.1 / 57 / 32.4 / 100 / 56.8 / 176
May be dull / 17 / 21.3 / 76 / 95.0 / 33 / 41.3 / 45 / 56.3 / 80
Dull and unresponsive / 6 / 26.1 / 20 / 87.0 / 13 / 56.5 / 14 / 60.9 / 23
Space between sow’s back and crate
<5cm / 5 / 16.1 / 30 / 96.8 / 15 / 48.4 / 24 / 77.4 / 31
5-10cm / 15 / 26.3 / 50 / 87.7 / 21 / 36.8 / 35 / 61.4 / 57
>10cm / 27 / 19.9 / 125 / 91.9 / 55 / 40.4 / 82 / 60.3 / 136
Space between sow’s tail and crate
<10cm / 7 / 20.0 / 31 / 88.6 / 18 / 51.4 / 22 / 62.9 / 35
10 – 20cm / 11 / 17.5 / 57 / 90.5 / 30 / 47.6 / 39 / 61.9 / 63
>20cm / 28 / 23.0 / 113 / 92.6 / 41 / 33.6 / 77 / 63.1 / 122
Slat material
Metal / 23 / 22.7 / 90 / 89.1 / 50 / 49.5 / 56 / 55.4 / 101
Plastic / 20 / 20.6 / 92 / 94.8 / 32 / 33.0 / 65 / 67.0 / 97
Metal and plastic / 3 / 27.3 / 11 / 100 / 3 / 27.3 / 8 / 72.7 / 11