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Table 1 Prevalence of cranioventral pulmonary consolidation (CVPC) and pleurisy in slaughter pigsa

From: Review on the methodology to assess respiratory tract lesions in pigs and their production impact

Country

Number of

Percentage of pigs with

References

Farms

Pigs

CVPC

Pleurisy

Australia

46

210

–c

15

[89]

Belgium

150

50

3,750

6,335

24

24

16

21

[3]

[24]

Brazil

21

30

908

900

72

74

9

14

[31]

[6]

Denmark

259

321

10 628

2064

–c

–c

27

30

[18]

[19]

Finland

46

690

–c

6

[39]

France

1196

14

143

110 865

6997

4290

72

58

69

14

10

14

[90]

[54]

[25]

Germany

20

1000

73

- c

[46]

Ireland

38

56

5628

23 372

58

11

43

13

[91]

[34]

Italy

91

48

–b

–b

10 041

4889

216

5902

60

46

–c

-

48

50

42

[85]

[26]

[40]

[48]

New Zealand

279

6 220 664

18

14

[38]

Philippines

471

1887

48

22

[92]

Serbia

20

625

42

24

[88]

Spain

Spain and Portugal

107

221

10 404

199 678

56

31

27

19

[21]

[17]

Switzerland

10

375

59

–c

[46]

Thailand

17

646

58

–c

[93]

UK

4420

2 261 779

27

12

[1]

  1. aresults from peer-reviewed studies published since 2000, and including at least 3 herds or more than 200 pigs
  2. bnot mentioned
  3. cnot investigated