Surgical Affections of Pigs with Their Associated Risk Factors

Pigs are fertile, prolific breeders, and efficient meat converters. However, surgical affections pose a threat to their well-being and productivity, potentially leading to culling or death. This study has been conducted to explore the occurrence of surgical affections among pigs and their associated risk factors. A cross-sectional study conducted in seven communities in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, looked for surgical affections in 47 pigs. SPSS-25 was used to analyze the data. The prevalence of surgical affection was identified as 72.3% (in males: 79.41% and in females: 20.59%). The common surgical affections were wound 57.4%, abscess 36.2%, hemorrhage 12.8%, inflammation 14.9%, tumor 6.4%, and myiasis 6.4% regardless of age, sex, or body weight. According to age, the affections were observed as 2.94%, 5.88%, 35.29%, 26.47%, 8.82%, 14.71%, and 5.88% at the age of 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 months respectively. Surgical affections were calculated as 25%, 57.14%, 10.71%, and 7.14% whenever the body weight of the animals was 20 kg consecutively. The study found no significant relationship between pig sex/age and surgical affections, except for body weight versus abscess and incised wound. Management factors like intensive housing, unhygienic environments, rope tying, lack of awareness, and insufficient veterinary supervision exacerbated surgical affections. The study’s findings, despite being limited by sample size, age, and data collection time, serve as a baseline for further research on swine surgical affections.