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.