Table 6.

The number sows with wounds and shoulder ulcers and the characteristics of the two types of lesions before and after transportation for 522 cull sows transported to slaughter under commercial Danish conditions.

	Farm		Slaughter plant		Statistics
WOUNDS
Sows with ≥ 1 wounds	285 (54.6%)		382 (75.1%)		See Table 3
NA	0 (0%)		13 (2.5%)
AMONG THE SOWS WITH WOUNDS:	(n = 283)		(n=382)
No. of wounds per sow with:	Median (range)	Mean	Median (range)	Mean
Crust	1 (0–4)	0.85	0 (0–5)	0.64	NS
Bleeding	0 (0–5)	0.40	1 (0–13)	1.54	P < 0.001
Redness	0 (0–3)	0.05	0 (0–3)	0.22	P < 0.001
Swelling	1 (0–5)	0.71	0 (0–6)	0.52	NS
Flux	0 (0–1)	0.02	0 (0–1)	0.01	NS
SHOULDER ULCERSa
Sows with 1 shoulder ulcer	47 (9.0%)		47 (9.0%)
Sows with 2 shoulder ulcers	13 (2.5%)		13 (2.5%)
Sows without	462 (88.5%)		462 (88.5%)
AMONG THE SOWS WITH SHOULDER ULCERS:
No. of shoulder ulcers per sow with:	Median (range)	Mean	Median (range)	Mean
Crust	1 (0–2)	0.93	1 (0–2)	0.87	NS
Redness	0 (0–2)	0.26	0 (0–2)	0.50	P = 0.01
Redness at border	0 (0–2)	0.25	0 (0–2)	0.45	P < 0.01
Swelling	0 (0–2)	0.22	0 (0–2)	0.22	NS
Asymmetry of the shoulders	0 (0–1)	0.03	0 (0–1)	0.10	NS
Diameter of ulcer (cm)b		2.9 ± 1.3		2.7 ± 1.5	NS

Data for wound characteristics were not normally distributed, but for clarity, we, in addition to medians and range, also present the results as means per sow. Missing data (data not available, NA) are presented as number and percentage of sows.

^aNo missing observations.

^bMean ± SD.