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Bulletin No. 21 - Spring 2005
VirologyInternational Society for Animal Hygiene ? Saint-Malo - 2004
CANDOTTI P, ROTA NODARI S, ARCHETTI I, DE ANGELIS E, CALDARA G, BORGHETTI P
Influence of floor type on the incidence and severity of legs weakness syndrome (LWS) and of articular osteochondrosis (OC) in Italian heavy pigs.
Proceedings of the International Society for Animal Hygiene, 2004, 53
The same experiment was carried out twice. Each time, 264 commercial hybrid pigs of 170-180 days of age with an average weight of 90kg were randomly distributed in three pens with different types of floor: concrete solid floor with an indoor dunging slatted area (room 1), concrete fully slatted floor (room 2) and concrete solid floor with an outdoor dunging slatted area (room 3). Clinical signs of lameness and change in gaits were assessed two days before slaughter and joint lesions were subsequently investigated. From the clinical point of view, the fully-slatted type was demonstrated to be more critical in determining leg weakness syndrome (LWS). However, no significant difference in the severity of joint lesions was found between the three types of floor, suggesting that fully-slatted floor may damage other components of the locomotor system.
