Table 2 Summary of the number of fecal samples and type of analyses performed
From: A proposal of a fecal scoring system based on physicochemical analyses of suckling pig feces
Faecal category | Samples (n) | Type of analysis | pH analyses (n) | FDM analyses (n) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
O_1 | O_2 | MW_1 | MW_2 | ||||
Meconium n = 84 | 25 | Oven FDM | 4 | 25 | 1 | ||
0 | Microwave FDM | ||||||
0 | Oven and MW FDM | ||||||
59 | pH only | 59 | |||||
Colostrum time feces n = 71 | 25 | Oven FDM | 4 | 25 | 2 | ||
0 | Microwave FDM | ||||||
0 | Oven and MW FDM | ||||||
46 | pH only | 46 | |||||
Consistent (score 0) n = 198 | 123 | Oven FDM | 50 | 123 | 24 | ||
40 | Microwave FDM | 4 | 40 | 39 | |||
30 | Oven and MW FDM | 1 | 30 | 11 | 30 | 9 | |
5 | pH only | 5 | |||||
Pasty (score 1) n = 73 | 38 | Oven FDM | 17 | 38 | 7 | ||
10 | Microwave FDM | 10 | 6 | ||||
10 | Oven and MW FDM | 2 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 3 | |
15 | pH only | 15 | |||||
Liquid (score 2) n = 44 | 20 | Oven FDM | 10 | 20 | 8 | ||
5 | Microwave FDM | 5 | 5 | ||||
8 | Oven and MW FDM | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | |
11 | pH only | 11 | |||||
Watery (score 3) n = 12 | 4 | Oven FDM | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
0 | Microwave FDM | ||||||
7 | Oven and MW FDM | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | |
1 | pH only | 1 | |||||
Total | 482 | 244 | 290 | 72 | 110 | 74 | |