Table 1.
Measurements | Definitions |
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Pigs requiring hospitalization | |
Yes | Pigs that would benefit from removal to a hospital pen |
No | Pigs that would not benefit from removal to a hospital pen |
Lame pigs | |
Lame | Pigs with signs of lameness |
Non lame | Pigs without any sign of lameness |
Pigs with tail lesions | |
Severe | Pigs with severe tail lesions. Proportion of tail has been removed by biting or tail is swollen or held oddly, or scab covering whole tip or fresh blood visible |
Mild | Pigs with mild tail lesions |
No lesions | Pigs without any of the above lesions |
Dirty | Pigs dirty enough to obscure potential mild lesions |
Pigs with body marks | |
Severe | Pigs with severe body marks extending into deeper layers of skin or lesions covering a large percentage of skin |
Mild | Pigs with mild body marks |
No lesions | Pigs without any of the above body marks |
Dirty | Pigs dirty enough to obscure potential mild body marks |
Enrichment use | |
Enrichment | Pigs interacting with enrichment in the pen |
Other | Pigs interacting with other pen features or pen mates |
Each pig in the sample selected was classified into one of the several levels for each measurement (the classification for Enrichment use only concerns the active pigs of the sample). Detailed definition in Supplementary Table S1.