Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về bệnh học thý y được đăng trên tạp chí Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về bệnh thú y đề tài: Abrasions and lameness in piglets born in different farrowing systems with different types of floor. | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica BioMed Central Research Abrasions and lameness in piglets born in different farrowing systems with different types of floor Mate Zoric 1 2 Ebba Nilsson1 Sigbrit Mattsson1 Nils Lundeheim3 and Per Wallgren1 2 Address 1National Veterinary Institute SVA 751 89 Uppsala Sweden 2Department of Clinical Sciences Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU 750 07 Uppsala Sweden and 3Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Box 7023 S-750 07 Uppsala Swed en Email Mate Zoric - Ebba Nilsson - Sigbrit Mattsson - Nils Lundeheim - Per Wallgren - Corresponding author Open Access Published 25 September 2008 Received 16 May 2008 . Accepted 25 September 2008 Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50 37 doi l75l-0l47-50-37 This article is available from http content 50 l 37 2008 Zoric et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The quality of the floor is essential to the welfare of piglets as abrasions often are recorded in newborn piglets and such lesions may lead to lameness. Apart from animal suffering lameness contributes to losses in form of dead piglets decreased growth and increased use of antibiotics and manual labour. Methods In a herd with three different farrowing systems 37 litters 390 piglets were studied until the age of 3 weeks with respect to presence of skin wounds and abrasions. Lameness was registered until the age of 7 weeks. Eight lame piglets were sacrificed before medical treatment and subjected to .
