Table 3.
Behaviour * | Treatment | p-Value | |||||
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Control | Constant | Rotate | Stimulus | SEM | Treatment | Day ** | |
Standing: | |||||||
Time (prop. of obs.) | 0.965 | 0.944 | 0.938 | 0.932 | 0.022 | 0.936 | 0.896 |
No. of sows (prop.) | 0.444 | 0.466 | 0.513 | 0.513 | 0.022 | 0.081 | 0.061 |
Sitting: | |||||||
Time (prop. of obs.) | 0.283 a | 0.307 a | 0.219 a | 0.181 b | 0.041 | 0.035 | 0.201 |
No. of sows (prop.) | 0.057 | 0.069 | 0.058 | 0.061 | 0.009 | 0.352 | 0.547 |
Lying: | |||||||
Time (prop. of obs.) | 0.954 | 0.970 | 0.940 | 0.939 | 0.012 | 0.193 | 0.027 |
No. of sows (prop.) | 0.343 | 0.314 | 0.298 | 0.294 | 0.023 | 0.430 | 0.492 |
* Sows were observed during an 8 h period (08:00–16:00 h) on four days (1, 8, 10 and 12) using time lapse photos at 10 min intervals. ** Day = day of observation (days 1, 8, 10 and 12). ab LSMeans with a different superscript within the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05).