Health Monitoring of Fattening Pigs - Use of Production Data, Farm Characteristics and On-Farm Examination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of processed secondary data for health monitoring of fattening pigs has been established in various areas, such as the use of antibiotics or in the context of meat inspection. Standardized scores were calculated based on several sources of production data and can be used to describe animal health in a large collective of pig units. In the present study, the extent to which these scores are related to different farm characteristics and management decisions were investigated. In addition, slaughter scores were compared with the results of a veterinary examination on the farms.

Results

The comparison of the results of the uni- and multifactorial analyses revealed that almost all of the examined factors play a role in at least one of the scores when considered

SUBMITTER: Grosse-Kleimann J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8330030 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature