. 2016 May 11;12:77. doi: 10.1186/s12917-016-0700-1

Table 1.

Morbidity (parenteral injections) and mortality in the four groups under study for each replicate

	REPLICATE		GROUP
	REPLICATE		A	B	C	D
MORBIDITY*	1^st		6.2^a	5.4^a	14.7^b	18.9^b
	2^nd		22.7^a	20.7^a	21.3^a	22.4^a
	3^rd		10.3^a	0^b	8.3^a	18.2^a
MORTALITY*	1^st	from weaning to 12 weeks of age	3.1^a	1.6^b	3.1^a	3.6^a
	1^st	from 12 weeks to slaughter	3.9^a	1.6^b	4.7^a	3.1^a
	2^nd	from weaning to 12 weeks of age	5.3^a	4.0^a	2.7^b	4.3^a
	2^nd	from 12 weeks to slaughter	2.7^a	2.7^a	4.0^b	5.4^b
	3^rd	from weaning to 12 weeks of age	5.7^a	1.9^b	2.0^b	3.8^a
	3^rd	from 12 weeks to slaughter	14.0^a	7.7^b	18.0^a	20.0^a

Legend: * proportion of pigs; Different superscript letters indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05)

Group A: pigs vaccinated at 4 weeks; group B: pigs vaccinated at 6 weeks; group C: pigs vaccinated at 8 weeks; group D: non-vaccinated placebo/controls