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. 2018 Jul 31;38(3):498–505. doi: 10.5851/kosfa.2018.38.3.498

Table 1. Effects of foot-and-mouth disease vaccination location and injection device1) on the incidence of injection site lesions in pork and associated economic losses.

Variables N-Neck N-Ham Non-Neck
Gross lesions, n (%) 19/71 (26.8)a 7/70 (10.0)b 35/135 (25.9)a
   Severe abscess 7/71 (9.9)a 1/70 (1.4)b 15/135 (11.1)a
   Discoloration of meat and granuloma 12/71 (16.9)a 6/70 (8.6)b 20/135 (14.8)a
Economic losses
   Condemned meat (total, kg) 10.9 3.3 91.0
   Condemned meat (ave., kg)2) 0.57±0.05b 0.47±0.12b 2.60±0.11a
   Economic losses (total, US Dollars) 32.9 10.0 274.8
   Economic losses (ave., US Dollars)2 1.73±0.17b 1.42±0.28b 7.90±0.34a

1) Vaccine was administered on the left side of the pig, either with a conventional needle-syringe or a needle-free injection device at 56 d of age.

2) Values are mean±SEM.

a-c Means with different superscript letters in the same row differ significantly (p<0.05).

N-Neck, conventional needle-syringe vaccination into the neck (n=71); N-Ham, conventional needle-syringe vaccination into the ham (n=70); Non-Ham, conventional needle-free jet injection vaccination into the neck (n=135).