Table 5.
Percentage and number (in parentheses) of seropositive sows and pigs at 12–24 hours post-farrowing and at weaning, respectively, together with the inhibition percentages (IP)
| Herd A | ||||||||
| a | b | c | d | P value | a– c (NV) | b–d (V) | P* value | |
| Sows seropositive | 20.0 (1/5) | 80.0 (4/5) | 0.0 (0/5) | 100.0 (5/5) | 0.380 | 10.0 (1/10)A | 90.0 (9/10)B | 0.001 |
| Sows IP | 25.6AB | 77.5ABC | 26.8B | 94.4C | 0.005 | 26.2A | 86.0B | 0.000 |
| Pigs seropositive | 6.8 (4/59)A | 74.6 (50/67)B | 5.1 (3/59)C | 90.0 (54/60)D | 0.000 | 5.9 (7/118)A | 81.9 (104/127)B | 0.000 |
| Pigs IP | 15.6A | 68.1B | 29.0A | 79.6B | 0.000 | 22.3A | 73.2B | 0.000 |
| Herd B | ||||||||
| a | b | c | d | P value | a– c (NV) | b–d (V) | P* value | |
| Sows seropositive | 40.0 (2/5) | 80.0 (4/5) | 0.0 (0/4) | 80.0 (4/5) | 0.532 | 22.0 (2/9)A | 80.0 (8/10)B | 0.023 |
| Sows IP | 39.0AB | 56.4AB | 19.9A | 68.8B | 0.049 | 30.5A | 62.6B | 0.017 |
| Pigs seropositive | 42.2 (27/64)A | 66.7 (38/57)B | 3.3 (2/60)C | 77.6 (45/58)B | 0.000 | 23.4 (29/124)A | 72.2 (83/115)B | 0.000 |
| Pigs IP | 42.4A | 79.3B | 24.6C | 65.2D | 0.000 | 38.5A | 72.5B | 0.000 |
Vaccination status: NV (non-vaccinated sow batches and their pigs) and V (vaccinated sow batches and their pigs). The P value refers to the comparisons between the individual farrowing batches, and the P* value to the comparisons between the summaries of the NV (a–c) and V (b–d) batches. Values with different superscripts within a row are significantly different (P<0.05 and P*<0.05).