Table 5.
Proportion of sampled piglets which had a decrease, no change, or increase in injury score severity1 between the before and after transport sampling timepoints (T1–T0)
| Short duration (SD) (n = 195)2 |
Long duration (LD) (n = 240) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Decrease | No change | Increase | Decrease | No change | Increase |
| Gait | 1.0% (2/195) | 95.4%a (186/195) | 3.6%c (7/195) | 0.0% (0/240) | 99.6%b (239/240) | 0.4%d (1/240) |
| Skin | 2.6%a (5/195) | 79.0%c (154/195) | 18.5%e (36/195) | 24.2%b (58/240) | 65.8%d (158/240) | 10.0%f (24/240) |
| Ear | 22.6% (44/195) | 53.9% (105/195) | 23.6% (46/195) | 22.5% (54/240) | 50.8% (122/240) | 26.7% (64/240) |
| Tail | 7.7%a (15/195) | 92.3%c (180/195) | 0.0% (0/195) | 22.1%b (53/240) | 76.3%d (183/240) | 1.7% (4/240) |
1Score severity descriptions presented in Table 2.
2Five piglet scores were not recorded for the fourth SD transport event at arrival.
Values within change categories (decrease, no change, and increase) between duration groups with different letters differ significantly at P < 0.05, as determined through a Fisher’s exact test.