Outcome | Description |
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Poor body condition | Lean pig with spine, hip and pin bones visible |
Bursitis | Presence of inflamed bursae (tangerine-sized or larger) on limb(s) |
Manure on the bodya | More than half of pigs in the pen with > 50% of their body soiled |
Shivering | Slow and irregular vibration of body or parts thereof |
Panting | Breathing rapidly in short gasps carried out with the mouth |
Huddlingb | Pig lying with more than half of its body in contact with another pig |
Lameness | Minimal weight-bearing on the affected limb or inability to move |
Skin lesions | Presence of many large and/or deep skin lesions (i.e. more than 1/3 of the body covered with lesions) |
Tail lesions | Moderate: evidence of lesions but no blood visible |
Severe: bloody, swollen and/or amputated tail | |
Ear lesions | Moderate: evidence of lesions but no blood visible |
Severe: bloody, swollen and/or amputated ear | |
Flank lesions | Moderate: evidence of lesion but no blood visible |
Severe: bloody, open wound | |
Lethargic | Pig appears generally listless/lethargic |
Scouringa | Visible signs of liquid faeces on the floor in the pen |
Coughingc | Frequency of coughs |
Sneezingc | Frequency of sneezes |
Pumping | Labored breathing; easily visible rising/falling of chest with each breath |
Twisted snouts | Characteristic of atrophic rhinitis, deformity of the snout |
Hernia and rupture | Hernia (umbilical/scrotal)/rupture present (i.e. larger than a fist) |
Rectal prolapse | Internal tissue extrudes from the rectum |
Skin condition | Skin is inflamed, discolored or spotted |