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. 2014 Jul 30;9(7):e101877. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101877

Table 4. Postural and event behaviours which differed in frequency within a single day in 21 working donkeys.

Behaviour Number of observations for all time points on 2 consecutive days Median (min-max) Difference in frequency of observations between 10 time points across a single day Friedman ANOVA with Chi squared statistic (significance, p)
Postural behaviours:
General
Lying down/rolling 0 (0–95.45) 36.869 (<0.001)
Tail position
Relaxed 47.73 (0–100) 111.502 (<0.001)
Tucked 0 (0–100) 41.011 (<0.001)
Swishing 40.91 (0–95.45) 204.296 (<0.001)
Feet position
Foot stamping 0 (0–22.73) 39.346 (<0.001)
Ear orientation
Combination: FF/SS 0 (0–22.73) 40.431 (<0.001)
Combination: SS/BB 0 (0–22.73) 33.831 (<0.001)
Combination: SD/SD 0 (0–100) 51.276 (<0.001)
Event behaviours:
Head shaking 0 (0–12) 91.692 (<0.001)

Ear orientation: FF/SS  =  one ear forwards, one sideways; SS/BB  =  one ear sideways, one backwards; SD/SD  =  both ears sideways and facing down.