Noninfectious factors associated with pneumonia and pleuritis in slaughtered pigs from 143 farrow-to-finish pig farms

A cross-sectional study involving 143 farrow-to-finish herds was carried out to identify herd-level noninfectious factors associated with pneumonia and pleuritis in slaughter pigs. Data related to herd characteristics, biosecurity, management and housing conditions were collected by questionnaire du...

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Published in:Preventive veterinary medicine 2012-05, Vol.104 (3-4), p.271-280
Main Authors: Fablet, C., Dorenlor, V., Eono, F., Eveno, E., Jolly, J.P., Portier, F., Bidan, F., Madec, F., Rose, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abattoirs
Animal Husbandry
Animals
Cross-Sectional Studies
France - epidemiology
Humans
Logistic Models
Logistic regression
Lung - pathology
Pleurisy - epidemiology
Pleurisy - veterinary
Pleuritis
Pneumonia
Pneumonia - epidemiology
Pneumonia - veterinary
Risk Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Swine
Swine Diseases - epidemiology
Swine Diseases - pathology
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Summary:A cross-sectional study involving 143 farrow-to-finish herds was carried out to identify herd-level noninfectious factors associated with pneumonia and pleuritis in slaughter pigs. Data related to herd characteristics, biosecurity, management and housing conditions were collected by questionnaire during a farm visit. Climatic conditions were measured over 20h in the post-weaning and finishing rooms where the slaughter pigs were kept. After these on-farm investigations, the finishing pigs were examined at slaughter for lung lesions. A sample of 30 randomly selected pigs per herd was scored for pneumonia and pleuritis. Herds were grouped into three categories according to their pneumonia median score (class 1: ≤0.5; class 2: 0.53.75). For pleuritis, a herd was deemed affected if at least one pig had a high pleuritis score (≥3). A multinomial logistic regression model was used to identify factors associated with pneumonia classes 2 and 3. A logistic regression for binary outcome was used to identify risk factors for severe pleuritis. An interval of less than four weeks between successive batches (OR=4.5, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.5–13.6, p
ISSN:0167-5877
1873-1716
DOI:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.11.012