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. 2022 Sep 2;9:934273. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.934273

Table 2.

Description of number of responses and percentages regarding breeders' experience and the dams housing, character, body condition, and topline.

Overall Eutocic parturitions C-sections
N % N % N %
Experience
Unexperienced 188 210% 155 22.0% 33 17.1%
Medium level 158 17.6% 117 16.6% 41 21.2%
High level 550 61.4% 431 61.3% 119 61.7%
Total 896 100.0% 703 100.0% 193 100.0%
Housing
Only indoors 111 26.4% 72 26.6% 39 26.0%
Indoors and outdoors 307 72.9% 196 72.3% 111 74.0%
Only outdoors 3 0.7% 3 1.1% 0 0.0%
Total 421 100.0% 271 100.0% 150 100.0%
Character
Calm/balanced 223 53.1% 139 51.3% 84 56.4%
Calm/playful 174 41.4% 122 45.0% 52 34.9%
Fearful/nervous/insecure 23 5.5% 10 3.7% 13 8.7%
Total 420 100.0% 271 100.0% 149 100.0%
BC
Normal 385 92.1% 253 94.1% 132 88.6%
Underweight 18 4.3% 13 4.8% 5 3.4%
Overweight 15 3.6% 3 1.1% 12 8.1%
Total 418 100.0% 269 100.0% 149 100.0%
Topline
Level 382 92.0% 249 93.3% 133 89.9%
Sloping 10 2.4% 6 2.2% 4 2.7%
High in the rear 23 5.5% 12 4.5% 11 7.4%
Total 415 100.0% 267 100.0% 148 100.0%

N, number; %, percentage; Experience, breeders' experience; BC, body condition.