Body condition | 0 | Animal with a good body condition |
2 | Poor body condition: Animal with visible spine, hip and pin bones |
Water supply | 0 | Number of drinking places are enough/ Function correctly and clean |
2 | Number of drinking places are not enough/ Do not function properly / dirty |
Bursitis | 0 | No evidence of bursa / swelling |
1 | Moderate bursitis: One or several small bursae (1.5-2.0 cm) on the same leg or one large bursa (3.0-5.0 cm) |
2 | Severe bursitis: Several large bursae on the same leg, or extremely large bursa (5.0-7.0 cm) or any bursas that are eroded |
Manure on the body | 0 | Less than 20% of one side of the body is soiled |
1 | Moderately soiled body: More than 20% but less than 50% of one side of the body surface is soiled with faeces |
2 | Severely soiled body: Over 50% of one side of the body surface is soiled with faeces |
Shivering | 0 | No vibration of any body part |
2 | Slow and irregular vibration of any body part, or the body as a whole |
Panting | 0 | Normal breathing. |
2 | Rapid breath in short gasps |
Huddling | 0 | Pig lying with less than half of its body lying on top of another pig |
2 | Pigs lying with more than half of its body lying on top of another pig |
Space allowance | | Space allowance expresses in m2 / 100 kg animal |
Lameness | 0 | Normal gait or slight difficulty but using all 4 legs; swagger of caudal body while walking; shortened stride |
1 | Severely lame, minimum weight-bearing on the affected limb |
2 | No weight-bearing on the affected limb, or not able to walk |
Wounds on body | 0 | If all regions of the animal’s body have up to 9 lesoins in one side of the body |
2 | Severely wounded: when more than 10 lesions are observed on at least two zones of one side of the body or if any zone has more than 15 lesions |
Tail biting | 0 | No evidence of tail biting or superficial biting along the length of the tail, but no fresh blood or any swelling missing and presence of scabs |
2 | Bleeding tail and / or swollen infected tail lesion and / or part of tail tissue |
Mortality | % | Percentage mortality during the previous 12 months |
Coughing | | Average frequency of coughing per animal per 5 minutes |
Sneezing | | Average frequency of sneezing per animal per 5 minutes |
Pumping | 0 | No evidence of laboured breathing |
2 | Evidence of laboured breathing |
Twisted snouts | 0 | No evidence of twisted snouts |
2 | Evidence of twisted snouts |
Rectal prolapse | 0 | No evidence of rectal prolapse |
2 | Evidence of rectal prolapse |
Scouring | 0 | No liquid manure visible in the pen |
1 | Areas in the pen with some liquid manure visible |
2 | All faeces visible inside the pen is liquid manure |
Skin condition | 0 | No evidence of skin inflammation or discoloration |
1 | Localized skin condition: More than zero, but less than 10% of the skin is inflamed, discoloured or spotted |
2 | Widespread skin conditoin: More than 10% of the skin has an abnormal colour or texture |
Ruptures and hernias | 0 | No hernias / ruptures |
1 | Hernias or ruptures present, but the affected area not bleeding, not touching the floor and not affecting locomotion |
2 | Bleeding lesions, hernias / ruptures and they are touching the floor |
Castration | 0 | No castration done |
1 | Castration with use of anesthetics |
2 | Castration without use of anesthetics |
Tail docking | 0 | No tail docking done |
1 | Tail docking with use of anesthetics |
2 | Tail docking without use of anesthetics |
Hernias | 0 | 0 No hernia/rupture |
2 | 2 Hernias/ruptures with bleeding lesion or touching the floor |
Social behaviors | % | Negative social behavior: Aggressive behavior, including biting or any social behavior with a response from the disturbed animal |
% | Positive social behavior: Sniffing, nosing, licking and moving gently away from the animal without an aggressive or flight reaction from this individual |
Explorative behavior | % | Sniffing, nosing, licking all features of the pen or paddock. Exploration towards straw or other suitable enrichment material. |
Fear of human | 0 | No panic response to human presence |
2 | Panic response: More than 60% of the animals fleeing, facing away from the observer or huddled in the corner of the pen |
Qualitative behavioral assessment (QBA) | Rating scale | Active, relaxed, fearful, agitated, calm, content, tense, enjoying, frustrated, sociable, bored, playful, positively occupied, listless, lively, indifferent, irritable, aimless, happy, distressed |