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

Table 5.

Least square means of behaviors, expressed as a percentage of recordings for the main effects considered in the ANOVA.

Behavior Diet Sex Timing A
CTR T3 T6 SE F M SE EM LM EA LA EV NI SE
Ingestion
Eating solid 5.016 4.211 4.655 0.247 4.760 4.494 0.194 6.412c 8.343b 1.754d 9.989a 0.855e 0.410e 0.219
Eating liquid 0.701b 0.844a 0.648b 0.028 0.827a 0.635b 0.022 2.125b 0.000c 0.000c 2.260a 0.000c 0.000c 0.032
Drinking 0.253 0.125 0.172 0.048 0.195 0.172 0.037 0.135b 0.289b 0.159a 0.318a 0.140b 0.059b 0.038
Resting
Sternal recumbency 38.81 38.22 37.24 1.344 39.79a 36.40b 1.055 29.50d 40.49c 40.74c 17.34e 54.64a 45.86b 0.979
Lateral recumbency 10.00 7.945 7.130 0.994 6.573b 10.15a 0.780 5.893c 6.242c 11.58b 1.92d 10.89b 13.63a 0.707
Rest standing 10.81 10.190 8.797 0.931 9.719 10.14 0.730 14.33b 10.69c 5.371d 21.36a 5.752d 2.09e 0.598
Ruminating
Standing ruminating 0.070 0.113 0.076 0.022 0.081 0.091 0.017 0.137a 0.074a 0.059a 0.149a 0.032b 0.064a 0.024
Lateral ruminating 2.687 2.388 1.848 0.432 2.007 2.608 0.339 2.508b 1.048c 2.911b 0.481d 1.397c 5.501a 0.306
Sternal ruminating 12.72 13.97 13.35 0.963 14.53a 12.16b 0.756 13.60c 7.583e 18.21b 6.129e 9.870d 24.69a 0.655
Movement
General agitation 0.108 0.124 0.083 0.013 0.094 0.116 0.010 0.158c 0.064b 0.006c 0.379a 0.021c 0.000b 0.019
Standing/lying 0.223 0.236 0.216 0.025 0.249 0.201 0.019 0.230a 0.228a 0.223a 0.158b 0.312a 0.199b 0.028
Moving 0.666 0.715 0.684 0.068 0.772a 0.604b 0.054 0.723b 0.826b 0.494c 1.580a 0.395c 0.111d 0.061
Running 0.071b 0.126a 0.091a 0.012 0.125a 0.066b 0.010 0.018c 0.093b 0.026b 0.357a 0.082b 0.000c 0.017
Environmental interaction
Olfactory investigation 5.716a 5.271a 4.510b 0.324 5.037 5.294 0.254 5.686b 6.428b 4.408c 9.700a 3.376d 1.395e 0.254
Object playing 0.047 0.100 0.099 0.025 0.085 0.079 0.019 0.154a 0.085a 0.066b 0.159a 0.026b 0.000b 0.024
Licking 4.913b 6.753a 6.195a 0.489 6.583a 5.325b 0.384 8.161b 6.909c 5.131d 12.23a 2.611e 0.678f 0.334
Positive interaction
Mutual grooming 1.644 1.234 1.030 0.175 1.232 1.373 0.138 1.315b 1.661b 1.210c 2.294a 0.797d 0.540d 0.127
Playing 0.284 0.338 0.289 0.032 0.282 0.325 0.025 0.230c 0.407b 0.161c 0.862a 0.141c 0.021d 0.041
Pen interaction 0.576 0.711 0.682 0.082 0.723 0.590 0.065 0.905b 0.862b 0.450c 1.508a 0.188d 0.027d 0.069
Sexual behavior 0.029 0.010 0.014 0.009 0.005b 0.031a 0.007 0.018a 0.014b 0.010b 0.053a 0.010b 0.002b 0.010
Negative interaction
Cross-sucking 0.927a 0.483ab 0.716a 0.093 0.804 0.614 0.073 1.390b 0.383c 0.326c 1.902a 0.204c 0.047d 0.076
Stereotypies 0.169 0.172 0.394 0.150 0.241 0.249 0.118 0.199b 0.249a 0.304a 0.384a 0.177b 0.156b 0.093
Head butting 0.592 0.641 0.568 0.062 0.558 0.642 0.049 0.539c 0.852b 0.256d 1.595a 0.322d 0.040e 0.059
Self-grooming 2.854 3.068 3.077 0.220 3.472 2.527 0.173 2.490c 3.320b 3.562a 3.837a 2.664c 2.125d 0.164

CTR, control; T3, 3% of hempseed cake inclusion; T6, 6% of hempseed cake inclusion; F, female; M, male; EM, early morning; LM, late morning; EA, early afternoon; LA, late afternoon; EV, evening; NI, night; SE, standard error.

ATime slots.

a−fValues within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at a P-value of <0.05.