Table 1.
Specific Category | Definition |
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SCAN SAMPLING
Activity |
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Standing inactive | Pig is upright on all four legs, neither moving forward or backward |
Walking | Pig is upright on all four legs, and moves in the pen |
Sitting inactive | Pig is upright on two front legs, and hindquarter |
Lying | Pig is recumbent on its belly or side |
Behaviour | |
Eat/Drink | Head or snout over bowl or trough |
Interaction with the pen | Licking, chewing, nosing or sniffing unanimated objects from the pen, excluding enriched material |
Interaction with enrichment material | Interaction with each type of enrichment material |
Social interaction | Head or snout in contact with another pig (includes any positive or negative social behaviour) |
Other behaviour | Behaviour different to that previously described |
FOCAL SAMPLING | |
Positive social behaviour | Head or snout in contact with another pig. The receiver doesn’t react negatively |
Negative social behaviour | Aggression, fights to another pig with a negative response from the receiver |
Stereotypies | Stereotypical behaviour, basically animal rubs the bars of the crate with the mouth, and other stereotypical behaviour |
Redirected behaviour | Vertical rub movements with the snout to the belly of a pen-mate (belly nosing), bite or suck the ear of a pen-mate (ear biting) and bite or suck the tail of a pen-mate (tail biting) |
Interaction with enrichment material | Interaction with each type of enrichment material |
Sexual behaviour Other behaviour |
Sexual behaviour, one animal mounting or trying to mount another pig Any other behaviour |