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. 2024 Jun 8;14(12):1730. doi: 10.3390/ani14121730

Table 3.

Ethogram of the behavioural parameters assessed.

Behaviour Description Sampling Method
Positive social An affiliative interaction including sniffing, nosing, licking, or any social behaviour without a response from the receiver animal Scan and continuous
Negative social An aggressive interaction including biting, knocking, or any social behaviour with a flight or reaction response from the receiver animal Scan and continuous
Exploring enrichment Play or investigate by sniffing, nosing, licking, or chewing the straw or other enrichment material Scan and continuous
Pen investigation Sniffing, nosing, licking, or chewing all features of the pen Scan
Resting Animals lying ventrally or laterally and not showing any exploratory, positive, or negative social behaviour Scan
Other Other active behaviours, such as eating, drinking, or air sniffing Scan
Eating Ingestion of feed from the feeder Continuous
Drinking Ingestion of water from the drinking supply Continuous
Tail biting Having the tail of another pig in its mouth biting, chewing, or pulling it Continuous
Ear biting Having the ear of another pig in its mouth biting, chewing, or pulling it Continuous