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. 2023 Dec 20;10:1295949. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1295949

Table 4.

ANOVA reporting the F-statistics and P-values of all the main effects and interactions of all behaviors expressed as a percentage of recordings.

Behavior Day Diet (D) Sex (S) Timing (T) D *S D *T S *T D *S *T
F P -value F P -value F P -value F P -value F P -value F P -value F P -value F P -value
Ingestion
Eating solid 11.85 <0.001 2.54 0.091 0.87 0.352 518.56 <0.001 4.32 0.013 5.14 <0.001 1.73 0.124 1.87 0.044
Eating liquid 15.35 <0.001 12.15 0.000 34.70 <0.001 1,441.77 <0.001 8.81 <0.001 11.52 <0.001 33.18 <0.001 6.37 <0.001
Drinking 34.45 <0.001 1.82 0.174 0.18 0.675 12.51 <0.001 1.76 0.171 1.38 0.184 1.95 0.083 1.27 0.240
Resting
Sternal recumbency 52.82 <0.001 0.37 0.690 4.76 0.029 400.54 <0.001 1.91 0.148 1.14 0.329 4.55 <0.001 0.89 0.543
Lateral recumbency 86.53 <0.001 2.38 0.105 9.67 0.002 94.87 <0.001 0.31 0.734 2.68 0.003 2.37 0.037 0.81 0.616
Rest standing 60.85 <0.001 1.32 0.279 0.16 0.692 614.74 <0.001 0.10 0.904 4.19 <0.001 0.94 0.456 1.57 0.108
Ruminating
Standing ruminating 8.35 <0.001 1.02 0.371 0.16 0.691 4.20 0.001 1.70 0.182 1.65 0.087 2.21 0.051 1.47 0.144
Lateral ruminating 31.69 <0.001 1.04 0.362 1.45 0.229 87.23 <0.001 1.02 0.360 1.88 0.044 0.70 0.620 2.63 0.003
Sternal ruminating 45.27 <0.01 0.41 0.668 4.52 0.034 350.33 <0.001 0.70 0.498 4.88 <0.001 9.57 <0.001 1.58 0.105
Movement
General agitation 6.51 <0.001 2.39 0.105 2.06 0.152 61.05 <0.001 0.47 0.626 1.59 0.103 2.41 0.034 5.13 <0.001
Standing/lying 2.68 <0.001 0.15 0.862 2.76 0.097 3.50 0.004 0.27 0.761 1.14 0.325 1.12 0.345 1.78 0.059
Moving 27.49 <0.001 0.12 0.887 4.50 0.034 98.69 <0.001 3.65 0.026 1.81 0.054 4.77 <0.001 2.48 0.006
Running 3.79 <0.001 5.05 0.011 17.61 <0.001 59.83 <0.001 4.13 0.016 3.51 <0.001 10.39 <0.001 4.24 <0.001
Environmental interaction
Olfactory investigation 91.16 <0.001 3.82 0.030 0.47 0.492 228.15 <0.001 1.38 0.251 2.37 0.009 0.76 0.579 1.77 0.060
Object playing 1.66 0.043 1.59 0.217 0.04 0.836 9.07 <0.001 5.05 0.006 1.03 0.416 0.97 0.432 1.46 0.148
Licking 20.57 <0.001 3.71 0.033 4.95 0.026 451.73 <0.001 1.81 0.164 5.24 <0.001 6.61 <0.001 3.23 <0.001
Positive interaction
Mutual grooming 10.82 <0.001 3.42 0.042 0.48 0.487 54.51 <0.001 0.77 0.464 0.25 0.991 1.30 0.261 1.32 0.214
Playing 31.09 <0.001 0.80 0.456 1.32 0.251 57.59 <0.001 0.66 0.518 1.68 0.080 0.51 0.769 0.57 0.843
Pen interaction 32.87 <0.001 0.75 0.477 1.96 0.161 99.07 <0.001 10.30 <0.001 1.56 0.111 1.62 0.151 4.45 <0.001
Sexual behavior 2.38 0.001 1.14 0.329 5.69 0.017 3.55 0.003 2.80 0.061 1.03 0.412 4.59 <0.001 0.90 0.531
Negative interaction
Cross-sucking 18.21 <0.001 5.51 0.008 3.15 0.076 166.64 <0.001 3.91 0.020 8.54 <0.001 5.77 <0.001 8.31 <0.00
Stereotypies 5.62 <0.001 0.77 0.471 0.00 0.961 5.83 <0.001 0.06 0.939 1.11 0.349 0.34 0.888 0.82 0.605
Head butting 23.06 <0.001 0.34 0.712 1.38 0.240 118.59 <0.001 0.59 0.554 1.22 0.271 1.07 0.375 0.88 0.556
Self-grooming 15.86 <0.001 0.34 0.711 13.80 <0.001 34.63 <0.001 1.66 0.191 1.18 0.298 1.50 0.187 1.56 0.113