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. 2023 Nov 27;13(23):3671. doi: 10.3390/ani13233671

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.