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 |
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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.