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. 2017 May 8;12(5):e0174688. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174688

Table 4. Ethogram.

Behaviour Description
Oral manipulation of group mates  
Tail biting Nibbling, sucking or chewing the tail of a pen mate
Ear biting Nibbling, sucking or chewing the ear of a pen mate
Manipulating other Nibbling, sucking or chewing of another part of the body of a pen mate
Aggression  
Fighting Ramming or pushing a pen mate with or without biting the other pen mate. Can be either mutual or unilateral
Fighting at feeder Pushing, head knocking or biting a pen mate at the feeder
Belly nosing Rubbing the belly of a pen mate with up and down snout movements
Mounting Standing on hind legs while having front legs on other pig's body
Enrichment object biting Chewing on an enrichment object provided in the pen. The enrichment object was a chain with a hard plastic pipe fixed at the top of the pen wall.