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. 2019 Jun 27;22(6):959–972. doi: 10.1007/s10071-019-01287-w

Table 1.

Ethogram used to score the behaviours of the pigs during the attention bias test

Behaviour Definition
Attention class
 Attention to the threat With the head oriented toward the location of the threat
 Attention to something else With the head oriented toward other directions, except threat
Behaviour class
 Vigilance Standing motionless with head at shoulder height or higher or lower
 Eating Eating food in the bucket. The eating event continues, while the pig is chewing provided that the head stays close to the bucket and the pig remains non-vigilant. Once the pig becomes vigilant or moves away from the bucket, this is considered to be the end of eating, even if the pig continues chewing
 Exploring Exploring the floor or wall of the arena by sniffing, nosing, licking or rooting it with the rooting disc
 Walking Walking without performing any other described behaviour. All four legs move or the pig turns around at the same spot without moving all four legs
 Standing Standing with four paws on the floor without performing any other described behaviour
 High-pitched vocalizationsa Screams, squeals, or grunt-squeals
 Short grunta Grunt lasting less than 0.4 s (Fraser 1974; Kiley 1972)
 Long grunta Grunt lasting more than 0.4 s (Fraser 1974; Kiley 1972)
 Barka A low tone that sounds like “wuff”
 Defecatinga Defecating
 Urinatinga Urinating
 Escapinga The pig jumps to the wall or the door

Behaviours were scored as states unless indicated otherwise

aWere scored as events, all other behaviours as states