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Table 3 Prevalence and severity of the most common welfare indicators across the lifetime observations

From: Identifying physiological measures of lifetime welfare status in pigs: exploring the usefulness of haptoglobin, C- reactive protein and hair cortisol sampled at the time of slaughter

Measure

Week 7

Week 9

Week 15

Week 20/21

Prevalence (%)

Tail lesions

 Mild

4.5%

6.1%

7.6%

16.7%

 Moderate

0%

0%

0%

10.6%

 Severe

0%

0%

0%

3.0%

Skin lesions

 Absent/mild

100%

100%

92.4%

90.9%

 Moderate

0%

0%

1.5%

9.1%

 Severe

0%

0%

0%

0%

Lameness

 Mild

1.5%

0%

6.1%

15.2%

 Moderate

0%

0%

0%

3.0%

 Severe

0%

0%

0%

0%

Cough

 Present

0%

0%

19.7%

4.5%

 Persistent

0%

0%

6.1%

1.5%

Bursitis

 Mild

0%

1.5%

7.6%

1.5%

 Severe

0%

0%

0%

0%

  1. N = 66