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. 2023 Apr 3;14:1042554. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1042554

TABLE 3.

Incidence (%) of major disease conditions in different genetic groups of pigs (mean ± S.E.).

Diseases condition NM HN-50 HN-75 HN-87.5
Pre-weaning
Stillbirth 0.23a ± 0.00 0.37a ± 0.00 0.73b ± 0.01 0.88b ± 0.02
Crushing of piglets 0.72a ± 0.00 0.15b ± 0.00 1.20c ± 0.03 2.67d ± 0.07
Weak piglets 0.07a ± 0.00 0.03b ± 0.00 0.07a ± 0.00 0.12c ± 0.00
Piglet diarrhoea 6.78a ± 0.11 8.24b ± 0.23 8.53b ± 0.31 10.23c ± 0.33
Mortality (%) 6.76a ± 0.21 5.34a ± 0.15 6.13a ± 0.21 8.43b ± 0.32
Post-weaning
Piglet diarrhoea 3.41a ± 0.07 3.72a ± 0.08 4.23b ± 0.11 4.87b ± 0.13
Wound/abscess/ear bit/leg-lesion/other body lesions 9.73a ± 0.03 12.31a ± 0.02 16.72b ± 0.31 21.34c ± 0.37
Pneumonia 4.52a ± 0.03 3.73a ± 0.02 4.34a ± 0.03 4.57a ± 0.02
Skin diseases/lesions 5.72a ± 0.02 5.78a ± 0.03 7.45b ± 0.04 12.4c ± 0.11
Weakness 2.31a ± 0.01 3.52b ± 0.02 3.78b ± 0.12 5.3c ± 0.91
Lameness/arthritis/hoof lesions 1.22a ± 0.01 1.87a ± 0.02 3.52b ± 0.11 5.72c ± 0.12
Metritis 0.23a ± 0.00 0.34a ± 0.00 0.78b ± 0.00 0.84b ± 0.00
Other minor (uterine prolapse) 1.23a ± 0.01 1.45a ± 0.01 3.6b ± 0.02 4.87c ± 0.4
Mortality % 2.01a ± 0.01 2.13a ± 0.01 3.42b ± 0.02 3.76b ± 0.02
Adult mortality % 0.44a ± 0.00 0.76a ± 0.00 1.21b ± 0.01 1.76c ± 0.01
Medicine and veterinary costs/year (INR) 387.55a ± 2.32 427.21a ± 2.50 467.35b ± 3.71 523.22c ± 3.91

a-b values in the same row with different superscript differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05). Means with different superscripts in respective rows differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05). NM: Niang Megha; HN-50: 50% H × 50% NM; HN-75: 75% H × 25% NM; HN-87.5: 87.5% H × 12.5% NM.