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Table 7 Impacts of pig and poultry diseases on performance parameters

From: The impact of controlling diseases of significant global importance on greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production

Disease

Performance parameter

Impact in diseased animal

Pigs

Classical swine fever

Sow mortality

100% fatala

Reproduction

Zero due to mortality rate. 50% reduction overall assuming sows die halfway through the production cycle

Pre-weaned pig mortality

100% fatala

Growing/finishing pig mortality

100% fatala

Growing/finishing pig ADG

N/A due to mortality rate

Pig carcass weight

N/A due to mortality rate

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome

Sow mortality

N/A

Reproduction

19.3% of sows abort, 2.4% decrease in farrowings per sowb

Pre-weaned pig mortality

75% of affected pigs diec

Growing/finishing pig mortality

8.5% of affected pigs died

Growing/finishing pig ADG

25% decrease for the four weeks after weaninge

Pig carcass weight

N/A

Poultry

Low pathogenicity avian influenza

Hen mortality

Increased by 3.2%f

Laying rate

Reduced by 74% for 14 df

Chick mortality

N/A

Chicken ADG

Reduced by 3.2% for 14 dg

Chicken carcass weight

N/A

High pathogenicity avian influenza

Hen mortality

100% fatalh

Laying rate

Zero due to mortality rate. 50% reduction overall assuming birds die halfway through the production cycle

Chick mortality

100% fatalh

Chicken ADG

N/A due to mortality rate

Chicken carcass weight

N/A due to mortality rate

Avian infectious bronchitis

Hen mortality

Increased by 5.0%h

Laying rate

Reduced by 30% for up to 80 di

Chick mortality

Increased by 20%j

Chicken ADG

Reduced by 30% for 12 di

Chicken carcass weight

N/A

Newcastle disease

Hen mortality

Increased by 15.0%k

Laying rate

Reduced by 40% for up to 28 dk

Chick mortality

Increased by 40%k

Chicken ADG

Reduced by 50% for 10 dl

Chicken carcass weight

N/A

  1. a[15]
  2. b[36, 37]
  3. c[38]
  4. d[37, 39]
  5. e[37]
  6. f[40]
  7. g[41]
  8. h[42]
  9. i[43]
  10. j[44, 45]
  11. k[46]
  12. l[47]