Table 2.
Average meal pattern characteristics during VBS and recovery
| VBS |
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|---|---|---|---|
| HF | HM | Recovery | |
| Duration, min | |||
| CON | 5.14 ± 0.30 | 5.55 ± 0.49 | 5.87 ± 0.35 |
| DOM | 3.67 ± 0.46 | 4.06 ± 0.40 | 5.90 ± 0.37 |
| SUB | 3.77 ± 0.47* | 5.86 ± 0.38† | 8.48 ± 0.60‡ |
| Inter-MI, min | |||
| CON | 68.2 ± 3.99 | 66.3 ± 3.21 | 65.4 ± 4.95 |
| DOM | 114 ± 18.4 | 65.6 ± 4.08 | 51.7 ± 2.64 |
| SUB | 184 ± 19.4* | 120 ± 8.55‡‡ | 74.1 ± 4.34† |
| Intra-MI, min | |||
| CON | 1.16 ± 0.23 | 0.75 ± 0.12 | 1.15 ± 0.24 |
| DOM | 0.66 ± 0.21 | 0.70 ± 0.13 | 0.69 ± 0.08 |
| SUB | 1.34 ± 0.17 | 1.54 ± 0.13‡‡ | 1.23 ± 0.13 |
Data are expressed mean ± SE.
*
P < 0.01 vs. CON;
†
P < 0.05 vs. DOM;
‡
P < 0.01 vs. CON and DOM;
‡‡
P < 0.001 vs. CON and DOM. CON, control; DOM, dominant; SUB, subordinate; VBS, visible burrow system; HF, hierarchy-formation; HM, hierarchy-maintenance; Inter-MI, intermeal interval; Intra-MI, intrameal interval.