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. 2020 Oct 5;7:576942. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.576942

Table 2.

Number and percentage (%) of pens on farm (198 pens; 9,049 pigs) and batches at the abattoir (54 batches; 8,843 pigs).

On farm At the abattoir
Pens Prevalence Batches Prevalence
n % Median % IQC % n % Median % IQC %
Ear lesions 74 37.4 0.0 0.0–2.3 11 20.4 0.0 0.0–0.0
Tail lesions 31 15.7 0.0 0.0–0.0 40 74.1 2.8 0.0–9.44
Skin lesions 0 0.0 0.0 0.0–0.0 12 22.2 0.0 0.0–0.0
Hernia 25 12.6 0.0 0.0–0.0 22 40.7 0.0 0.0–0.6
Rectal prolapse 2 1.0 0.0 0.0–0.0 6 11.1 0.0 0.0–0.0
Bursitis 170 85.9 6.5 4.1–9.3 54 100.0 11.7 8.3–13.9
Lameness 24 12.1 0.0 0.0–0.0 6 11.1 0.0 0.0–0.0

With at least one pig affected by animal-based welfare outcomes, including the median prevalence and interquartile range (IQR) of pigs affected per pen and per batch (%) of each animal-based welfare outcome observed on the two locations.