Table 2.
Mortality (%) in finishing pigs for the first 8 mo of the year 2005 according to the health status in regard to postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)
| Type of herds | PMWS −ve PRRS −ve | PMWS −ve PRRS +ve | PMWS +ve PRRS −ve | PMWS +ve PRRS +ve | Status unknowna |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farrow-to-finish | |||||
| Finishing mortalityb | 3.80c | 5.06cd | 5.89cd | 11.35e | 7.53d |
| Number of herds (%) | 37 (22) | 9 (5) | 20 (12) | 53 (32) | 49 (29) |
| Finishing | |||||
| Finishing mortality | 2.81c | 7.05cd | 5.91c | 9.98d | 6.76cd |
| Number of herds (%) | 6 (8) | 2 (3) | 17 (22) | 33 (43) | 18 (24) |
| Total | |||||
| Finishing mortality | 3.66c | 5.42cde | 5.90de | 10.82f | 6.56e |
| Number of herds (%) | 43 (18) | 11 (4) | 37 (15) | 86 (35) | 67 (27) |
a
Status unknown for one or both of these diseases
b
Within a row, values with different superscripts
(c,d,e,f)
are statistically different (P < 0.05)