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A cross-sectional study of the prevalence of foot lesions in post-weaning pigs and risks associated with floor type on commercial farms in England
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Gillman, Claire E., Kilbride, A. L. (Amy L.), Ossent, P. and Green, Laura E.. (2009) A cross-sectional study of the prevalence of foot lesions in post-weaning pigs and risks associated with floor type on commercial farms in England. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Vol.91 (No.2-4). pp. 146-152. ISSN 0167-5877
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.05.023
Abstract
We carried out a cross-sectional study during 2003 and 2004 to establish the prevalence and risk factors associated with floor type for commonly observed foot lesions in pigs aged 6, 8 and 14 weeks. The overall prevalence of foot lesions was 39.6% in 2283 pigs from 90 representative pig farms in England. The most prevalent lesions were heel/sole bruising (7.1%), heel/sole erosion (10.8%), heel flaps (8.4%) and toe erosion (11.6%). Pigs were kept on either solid (41%), partly slatted (28%) or fully slatted (31%) floors. Of the 104 pens with a solid floor, 26% of pens were outside with straw bedding on a soil base, 33% were indoors with deep bedding on solid concrete, 25% were partly deeply bedded on solid concrete and 16% were sparsely bedded on solid concrete. Only six of the pens with partly slatted floors were bedded. Multilevel logistic-regression models were built using data from 100 farms to examine the risks for individual foot lesions with prevalences >5%. The prevalence of toe erosions was positively associated with deep bedding, whereas deep bedding and soil floors were negatively associated with the prevalence of heel/sole erosions. Heel flaps and heel/sole bruising were both associated with slatted floors, possibly indicating a common aetiology. The greatest reduction in prevalence of all these lesions, from AFp calculations, would be achieved by moving pigs from slatted floors onto solid floors. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > SF Animal culture |
| Divisions: | Other > Institute of Advanced Study Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Biological Sciences ( -2010) |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Preventive Veterinary Medicine |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0167-5877 |
| Date: | 1 October 2009 |
| Volume: | Vol.91 |
| Number: | No.2-4 |
| Number of Pages: | 7 |
| Page Range: | pp. 146-152 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.05.023 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Funder: | Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Grant number: | AW0135 |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/17337 |
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