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Table 4 Proportion (and percentages) of animals showing lameness and mortality rate compatible with respiratory or systemic disease at nurseries

From: Ceftiofur treatment of sows results in long-term alterations in the nasal microbiota of the offspring that can be ameliorated by inoculation of nasal colonizers

Group

Lameness (Affected/total)

Mortality rate

Dead/total

Dead/affected

Control

48/101 (41%)

8/ 101 (7.90%)

8/ 48 (16.6%)

TS

36/100 (28%)

9/100 (9%)

9/36 (25%)

TP

NA

NA

NA

IP

47/118(28%)

11/118 (9.32%)

11/47 (23.4%)

TS-IP

24/96 (15%)*

1/96 (1.04%)

1/24 (4.16%)

  1. NA Not available
  2. *Significantly different when compared to control group (P < 0.05)
  3. Control, non-treated piglets born to non-treated sows; TS, piglets born to treated sows; TP, piglets treated with ceftiofur born to non-treated sows; IP, inoculated piglets born to non-treated sows ; TS-IP, inoculated piglets born to treated sows
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Animal Microbiome

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