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. 2019 Jan 10;5:330. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2018.00330

Table 2.

Floor area (m2) physically covered by a fattening pig in various body positions (ntotal = 1,583 pictures from 232 pigs; Mean, SD = standard deviation, Min = Minimum, Max = Maximum).

Position Covered area (m2)
Mean SD Min Max
A Standing up straight, nose touching the ground graphic file with name fvets-05-00330-i0014.jpg 0.288 0.026 0.203 0.344
AS Standing curved sideways, nose touching the ground graphic file with name fvets-05-00330-i0015.jpg 0.294 0.023 0.222 0.363
B Standing up straight, head lowered to the ground graphic file with name fvets-05-00330-i0016.jpg 0.298 0.029 0.215 0.356
BS Standing curved sideways, head lowered to the ground graphic file with name fvets-05-00330-i0017.jpg 0.307 0.026 0.226 0.358
C Standing up straight, head raised below the dorsal line graphic file with name fvets-05-00330-i0018.jpg 0.316 0.030 0.236 0.376
CS Standing curved side-ways, head raised below the dorsal line graphic file with name fvets-05-00330-i0019.jpg 0.324 0.026 0.229 0.383
D Standing up straight, head raised at the level of dorsal line graphic file with name fvets-05-00330-i0020.jpg 0.326 0.030 0.234 0.388
DS Standing curved side-ways, head raised at the level of dorsal line graphic file with name fvets-05-00330-i0021.jpg 0.328 0.030 0.240 0.391
E Standing up straight, head raised above the dorsal line graphic file with name fvets-05-00330-i0022.jpg 0.325 0.033 0.235 0.395
ES Standing curved side-ways, head raised above the dorsal line graphic file with name fvets-05-00330-i0023.jpg 0.335 0.030 0.246 0.398
LBC Lying in sternal (belly chest) recumbency graphic file with name fvets-05-00330-i0024.jpg 0.428 0.032 0.360 0.522
LSL Lying in semilateral (lateral chest) recumbency graphic file with name fvets-05-00330-i0025.jpg 0.442 0.039 0.357 0.538
LL Lying in lateral (fully) recumbency graphic file with name fvets-05-00330-i0026.jpg 0.486 0.040 0.384 0.578