. 2018 Jul 26;32(5):734–741. doi: 10.5713/ajas.18.0151

Table 2.

Effect of sampling week and age category on the physiological and behavioural parameters¹⁾

Variable	Sampling and observation week					SEM	Group			p-value

	1	2	3	4	5		1	2	3	Week	Group	W×G
FGM	23.84^bc	19.08^c	30.57^a	26.40^ab	23.44^bc	1.776	23.84±1.249	25.10±1.444	25.06±1.464	0.0008	0.5978	0.6350
Rect T	37.88^b	38.76^a	38.30^ab	37.78^b	38.12^b	0.207	38.09±0.146	38.19±0.168	38.22±0.171	0.0052	0.8071	0.2400
ADS	1.20^b	1.21^b	1.38^a	1.47^a	1.51^a	0.053	1.28±0.038	1.35±0.043	1.43±0.044	<0.0001	0.0841	0.1250
Chute	2.00	1.88	1.84	1.75	1.77	0.073	1.99^a±0.052	1.78^b±0.060	1.78^b±0.060	0.1540	0.0084	0.3539
Crush	1.85^a	1.87^a	1.63^b	1.56^b	1.47^b	0.067	1.67±0.047	1.58±0.054	1.77±0.055	<0.0001	0.0514	0.1829
Urin	1.02^b	1.13^ab	1.10^ab	1.21^a	1.21^a	0.040	1.11^b±0.028	1.22^a±0.033	1.08^b±0.033	0.0065	0.0045	0.8710
Def	1.14^b	1.13^b	1.17^b	1.32^a	1.24^ab	0.044	1.19±0.031	1.23±0.036	1.18±0.036	0.0085	0.4836	0.1801
Vocal	1.09	1.10	1.17	1.15	1.17	0.045	1.10±0.031	1.21±0.036	1.10±0.036	0.5806	0.0531	0.9798

SEM, standard error of means; W×G, interaction of sampling and observation week and group; FGM, faecal glucocorticoid metabolites concentrations (ng/g); Rect T, rectal temperature (°C); ADS, avoidance score; Chute, chute score; Crush, crush score, Urin, urinating score; Def, defecating score; Vocal, vocalisation score.

¹⁾

Data are least squares (LS) means.

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Means within a row without a common superscript significantly differ (p<0.05).