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. 2015 Aug 14;10(8):e0135414. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135414

Table 1. Descriptive statistics for piglet behaviour during the backtest.

all piglets (n = 88) piglets in analysis (n = 30)
mean sd mean sd
struggles (n) 2.71 1.15 2.9 1.12
struggling duration (s) 24.88 12.58 23.07 11.7
latency to struggle (s) 4.3 9.2 3.1 4.3
piglet weight (g) 1830 450 1870 430
maximum resistance force (maximum weight / piglet weight) 1.46 0.16 1.47 0.18
vocalizations (n) 50.3 21.6 56.7 20.1
screams (n) 20.5 18.6 21.9 16.8
grunts (n) 29.8 15.1 34.8 12.9
screams / s—relaxed 0.10 0.17 0.09 0.12
screams / s–struggling 0.67 0.43 0.76 0.32
grunts / s–relaxed 0.35 0.29 0.51 0.32
grunts / s struggling 0.81 0.61 0.78 0.45