Table 3. Postural and event behaviours significantly more frequently observed in male (n = 9) or female (n = 12) working donkeys (bold cells denote gender where the behaviour was most frequently observed).

Behaviour	Mann-Whitney U statistic (significance, p)	Male donkeys Median (min-max)	Female donkeys Median (min-max)
Postural behaviours:
High head carriage	39.0 (<0.001)	18.18 (0–100)	4.54 (0–90.91)
Level head carriage	399.5 (<0.001)	18.18 (0–90.91)	40.91 (0–100)
Event behaviours:
Licking and chewing	387.0 (<0.001)	0 (0–5)	1 (0–10)
Head shaking	325.0 (<0.001)	0 (0–9)	1 (0–12)
Biting object/self	120.0 (<0.001)	0 (0–13)	0 (0–0)