Table 17 Presumptive diagnosis of cause of sow death and number of sows recorded by the farm manager from January-August 2004
From: Low reproductive performance and high sow mortality in a pig breeding herd: a case study
CAUSE | Jan 04 | Feb 04 | Mar 04 | Apr 04 | May 04 | Jun 04 | Jul 04 | Aug 04 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unknown | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Infection | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Accident | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bullied | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 |