Table 4.
Behavioral frequency of cows exposed or not to desensitizing tactile stimuli and/or music during milking.
| Variable | Tactile Stimuli | Mean | MSE | p-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | With | Without | Tactile Stimuli | Music | Tac × Mus | |||
| Urinate | With | 0.280 | 0.310 | 0.30 | 0.055 | 0.2923 | 0.1649 | 0.5321 |
| Without | 0.670 | 0.620 | 0.65 | |||||
| Mean | 0.481 | 0.474 | 0.48 | |||||
| Defecate | With | 0.530 | 0.289 | 0.42 | 0.045 | 0.0233 | 0.7146 | 0.3313 |
| Without | 0.425 | 0.550 | 0.49 | |||||
| Mean | 0.481 a | 0.423 b | 0.45 | |||||
| Vocalize | With | 0.153 | 0.157 | 0.16 | 0.034 | - | - | - |
| Without | 0.000 | 0.300 | 0.15 | |||||
| Mean | 0.070 | 0.230 | 0.15 | |||||
| Dripping | With | 0.282 | 0.570 | 0.428 A | 0.04 | 0.6029 | 0.0497 | 0.591 |
| Without | 0.320 | 0.350 | 0.337 B | |||||
| Mean | 0.303 | 0.461 | 0.38 | |||||
| Stereotypes | With | 0.000 | 0.157 | 0.08 | 0.031 | - | - | - |
| Without | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.10 | |||||
| Mean | 0.000 | 0.179 | 0.09 | |||||
| Hoof | With | 0.410 | 0.078 | 0.25 | 0.064 | 0.1164 | 0.152 | 0.7263 |
| Without | 0.300 | 0.420 | 0.36 | |||||
| Mean | 0.354 | 0.250 | 0.31 | |||||
| Negative social interactions | With | 0.690 | 0.105 | 0.40 | 0.13 | 0.4216 | 0.9418 | 0.5448 |
| Without | 0.150 | 0.125 | 0.14 | |||||
| Mean | 0.417 | 0.115 | 0.27 | |||||
| Positive social interactions | With | 0.131 | 0.105 | 0.12 | 0.03 | - | - | - |
| Without | 0.000 | 0.070 | 0.04 | |||||
| Mean | 0.064 | 0.890 | 0.08 | |||||
| Scratch | With | 0.342 | 0.078 | 0.21 | 0.064 | 0.6891 | 0.4723 | 0.2411 |
| Without | 0.400 | 0.400 | 0.40 | |||||
| Mean | 0.371 | 0.243 | 0.31 | |||||
Uppercase letters in columns and lowercase letters in rows differ at the 5% level of significance. MSE—Mean standard error.