Abortion

• Inadequate access to food
• Lack of bedding
• Lack of boar contact
• Low feed
• Low temperatures
• Poor body condition
• Reduced daylight length
• Stress
• Wet bedding

Abscess

• Fighting
• Trauma

Aggression

• Adding new sows
• High stocking density
• Mixing

Anaemia

• Gastric ulceration
• Haemorrhage - vulva
• Trauma

Arthritis

• Environmental trauma
• Damage at oestrus
• Leg weakness (OCD)

Bursitis

• Shortage of bedding
• Trauma

Bush foot

• Trauma due to poor concrete surfaces

Erysipelas

• Dirty bedding
• Ease of spread from clinically ill animals
• Stress

Foot rot

• Dirty wet bedding
• Poor management

Fractures

• Leg weakness
• Slippery floors
• Trauma

Haematoma

• Fighting

Hygroma

• Trauma

Infertility

• Stress induced embryo losses

Leg weakness (OCD)

• Poor floor surfaces
• Trauma

Mastitis

• Permanently bedded yards
• Poor hygiene

Internal parasites

• Access to faeces
• Wet dirty areas

Prolapse rectum or vagina

• Abdominal pressure
• Nutrition

Thin sow syndrome

• Bullying
• External and internal parasites
• Poor environment
• Variable feed intake

Vulva biting

• Feeding methods
• Pen design
• Stocking density