Incidences and risk factors for prolapse removal in Spanish sow herds

• Published in: Preventive veterinary medicine Vol. 163; pp. 79 - 86
• Main Authors: Iida, Ryosuke, Piñeiro, Carlos, Koketsu, Yuzo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2019
• Subjects: Animals; Case-Control Studies; Cohort study; Female; Incidence; Nested case-control study; Porcine disease; Prolapse; Rectal Prolapse - epidemiology; Rectal Prolapse - etiology; Rectal Prolapse - veterinary; Risk Factors; Shared frailty model; Spain - epidemiology; Swine; Swine Diseases - epidemiology; Swine Diseases - etiology; Uterine Prolapse - epidemiology; Uterine Prolapse - etiology; Uterine Prolapse - veterinary; Spain; Porcine disease; Nested case-control study; Shared frailty model; Cohort study; Prolapse

•1% of sows were removed due to prolapses.•60% of prolapse cases were removed during first 0–4 weeks after farrowing.•Sows with gestation of 113 days or less were at risk of having a prolapse.•High parity sows were at high risk of having uterine prolapses.•Sows farrowing two or more stillbirths were...