Table 3.
Category | Behavior | Definition |
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Sickness Behavior | Huddling | When 3 or more pigs are touching while lying down and 50% of a pig’s body is touching another pig |
Other | Active | Piglets are walking about or interacting in a nonaggressive manner with each other or their environment |
Resting | Piglets are lying, either ventral or lateral, either alone or loosely in groups, with gaps of spaces between them | |
Aggressive | Piglets are engaged in agonistic interactions | |
Eating/drinking | The piglet has its nose in the feeder or its mouth on the waterer | |
Nonvisible | When piglet moves out of view and cannot be observed |