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. 2019 Jun 18;9(6):369. doi: 10.3390/ani9060369

Table 3.

Effects of enrichment treatment and day of observation on the postures of sows observed in photo scans *. LS Means of duration (proportion of observations) and number of sows in each posture (proportion of sows).

Behaviour * Treatment p-Value
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).