Table 1.

Description of the behaviour of cull sows from 11 loads from six commercial Danish sow herds while waiting in transfer vehicles before transport to the abattoir. In addition, the observation date (Obs. Date), herd ID, duration of the stay in the vehicles, stocking density, provision of bedding (sawdust), the presence of a roof on the vehicles (yes/no), access to water (yes/no) and mean temperatures (Temp.) are shown.

Obs. Date	Herd ID	Cull Sows	sow/m2	Duration, min	Occurrence. Lying	Freq. Lying/min	Occurrence Aggression	Freq. Aggression/Min	Bedding	Roof on Vehicle	Water Available	Mean Temp., °C
22 January	3	10	0.5	6	0	0	4	0.67	Yes	Yes	No
28 January	4	8	0.5	8	0	0	6	0.75	Yes	No	No
2 February	5	9	1.2	56	0	0	65	1.16	No	No	No
9 March	5	9	1.2	6	0	0	5	0.83	No	No	No	10.6 ± 0.8
13 April	5	9	1.2	15	1	0.07	16	1.07	No	No	No
2 July	2	12	0.6	58	23	0.40	38	0.66	.	No	No	26.3 ± 1.2
8 July	1	12	1.7	32	1	0.04	23	0.72	No	No	No	19.6 ± 0.4
19 August	1	7	0.6	53	10	0.19	47	0.89	No	No	No	20.7 ± 0.5
2 September	1	13	1.8	59	4	0.07	29	0.49	No	No	No	15.0 ± 0.8
16 September	1	10	1.4	19	4	0.21	18	0.95	No	No	No	13.1 ± 1.2
14 December	6	7	0.4	21	6	0.29	15	0.71	.	Yes	No	5.3 ± 0.3
Median		9	1.2	21	1	0.07	18	0.75