Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for brush use, rope use, and play behaviour of 7 calves averaged for 3 days each from 12:00 to 08:00 the following day.
| Variable | Bouts (no./day) | CV 2 (%) | Bout Duration (s/bout) | CV 2 (%) | Total Duration (min/day) | CV 2 (%) | Proportion of Days (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush interaction | |||||||
| Total calf 1 | 94 | 24 | 17.8 | 24 | 27.1 | 23 | 2.3 |
| Head | 68 | 22 | 20.6 | 20 | 23.1 | 25 | 1.9 |
| Mid | 13 | 56 | 11.2 | 60 | 2.4 | 71 | 0.2 |
| Hind | 13 | 58 | 7.2 | 79 | 1.6 | 82 | 0.1 |
| Rope interaction | 38 | 43 | 38.3 | 53 | 27.1 | 78 | 2.3 |
| Play behaviour | 37 | 62 | 3.4 | 30 | 2.1 | 66 | 0.2 |
1 Sum of all instances the calf used the brush on its head, middle of its body, and hind quarters. 2 Coefficient of variation (%) provides a measure of the dispersion of the means of each calf over the 3 days (the higher the %, the higher the variance between the individual calves).