Table 3. Differences in gait parameter (Gait) between jungle fowl, (juvenile, ‘JF1’, and mature, ‘JF2’, n = 10), non-lame broilers, ‘GS0’ (n = 10), and lame broilers, ‘GS3’ (n = 12).
| Gait | n | VELpoly | Group | JF2 | GS0 | GS3 | |||
| Coeff (SEcoeff) | P | Coeff (SEcoeff) | P | Coeff (SEcoeff) | P | ||||
| SD | 610 | 3 | JF1 | 0.011 (0.021) | ns | 0.000 (0.020) | ns | −0.109 (0.020) | 0.000 |
| JF2 | - | - | −0.011 (0.022) | ns | −0.120 (0.022) | 0.000 | |||
| GS0 | - | - | - | - | −0.109 (0.020) | 0.000 | |||
| SLa | 615 | 3 | JF1 | −0.025 (0.068) | ns | 0.060 (0.064) | ns | −0.414 (0.064) | 0.000 |
| JF2 | - | - | 0.085 (0.069) | ns | −0.329 (0.068) | 0.000 | |||
| GS0 | - | - | - | - | −0.414 (0.064) | 0.000 | |||
| ST | 604 | 2 | JF1 | −2.630 (1.238) | 0.033 | 0.122 (1.127) | ns | 0.832 (1.178) | ns |
| JF2 | - | - | 2.752 (1.262) | 0.029 | 3.462 (1.284) | 0.007 | |||
| GS0 | - | - | - | - | 0.710 (1.178) | ns | |||
| DS | 612 | 2 | JF1 | −5.041 (2.099) | 0.016 | 5.297 (1.621) | 0.001 | 3.726 (1.943) | 0.054 |
| JF2 | - | - | 10.338 (2.186) | 0.000 | 8.768 (2.435) | 0.000 | |||
| GS0 | - | - | - | - | −1.571 (2.037) | ns | |||
| VLa | 613 | 2 | JF1 | −0.102 (0.016) | 0.000 | 0.074 (0.016) | 0.000 | 0.036 (0.015) | 0.016 |
| JF2 | - | - | 0.176 (0.016) | 0.000 | 0.138 (0.016) | 0.000 | |||
| GS0 | - | - | - | - | −0.038 (0.015) | 0.011 | |||
| LBa | 614 | 1 | JF1 | −0.033 (0.028) | ns | 0.165 (0.026) | 0.000 | 0.224 (0.026) | 0.000 |
| JF2 | - | - | 0.197 (0.028) | 0.000 | 0.257 (0.027) | 0.000 | |||
| GS0 | - | - | - | - | 0.060 (0.026) | 0.021 | |||
| VBa | 611 | 2 | JF1 | −0.030 (0.007) | 0.000 | 0.047 (0.006) | 0.000 | 0.045 (0.006) | 0.000 |
| JF2 | - | - | 0.077 (0.007) | 0.000 | 0.075 (0.008) | 0.000 | |||
| GS0 | - | - | - | - | −0.002 (0.006) | ns | |||
| VELa | 614 | - | JF1 | −1.956 (0.618) | 0.001 | 0.415 (0.609) | ns | −1.222 (0.386) | 0.042 |
| JF2 | - | - | 2.371 (0.620) | 0.027 | 0.734 (0.614) | ns | |||
| GS0 | - | - | - | - | −1.636 (0.605) | 0.007 | |||
SD = stride duration, SL = stride length, ST = stance, DS = double-leg support, VL = vertical leg displacement, LB = lateral back displacement, VB = vertical back displacement, VEL = velocity. VELpoly = the order of polynomial degree attributed to relative velocity within the model. The coefficient (Coeff) gives the amount of change in measure (gait parameter) for a unit change in each variable (Group). A positive coefficient estimate indicates that an increase in the value of a variable is associated with an increase in the respective measure and a negative coefficient estimate indicates a decrease.
a
Normalised relative to hip height.