Table 2.
Farm data and economic data describing the nursery part of 17 herds endemically infected with PRRSV and suffering from corresponding disease in sows, weaners, growers or finishing pigs
| Nursery | Median | Min. | Max. | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farm data | |||||
| Time, weaners spend in the nursery (days) | 53 | 35 | 100 | 55.3 | 14.9 |
| Downtime between turns in the nursery (days) | 5 | 0 | 14 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| Weight of weaners, when sold/moved to fattening (kg) | 29.3 | 22 | 50 | 30.7 | 6.4 |
| % of weaners clinically affected by PRRS (including those later dying)a | 10 | 0 | 30 | 9.1 | 7.4 |
| Mortality in weaners (%)a | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6 | 2.9 | 1.2 |
| Economic data | |||||
| Price per kg live weight of a weaner sold (€) | 2.15 | 1.50 | 2.90 | 2.23 | 0.52 |
| Total veterinary cost per weaner produced (€) | 2.25 | 0.00 | 17.50 | 3.40 | 4.48 |
| Price per 1000 kg piglet feed (€) | 320.00 | 279.00 | 460.00 | 336.57 | 49.13 |
| Energy cost per weaner produced (€) | 0.75 | 0.00 | 62.50 | 8.71 | 21.75 |
| Labour cost per weaner produced (€) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3.50 | 1.57 | 0.93 |
| Building cost per weaner produced (€) | 2.75 | 0.25 | 7.50 | 3.15 | 2.45 |
| Equipment cost per weaner produced (€) | 0.56 | 0.10 | 1.00 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| Inspection, Levy & Insurance cost per weaner produced (€) | 0.33 | 0.23 | 0.61 | 0.37 | 0.18 |
| Any other variable cost per weaner produced (€) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Any other fix cost per weaner produced (€) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
aParameters in italic are the ones potentially altered if the farm affected by PRRS