Table 2. Behavioral responses in arena test (AT) of female kids during 5 consecutive days.
Item | Treatment1 | SED2 | Effect (P-value) | |||
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IUTN | IUHS | Trt3 | Day | Trt×Day | ||
No. of squares entered | 43.4 | 31.5 | 4.87 | 0.115 | 0.009 | 0.704 |
No. of jumps | 1.54 | 1.15 | 0.48 | 0.586 | 0.001 | 0.546 |
No. of sniffs of the arena | 33.5 | 26.7 | 1.62 | 0.007 | 0.001 | 0.335 |
No. of vocalizations | 171 | 150 | 11.7 | 0.200 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Time spent moving forward, s | 54.8 | 44.9 | 7.06 | 0.282 | 0.001 | 0.123 |
1 IUTN, kids born to dams exposed to thermal-neutral conditions during the first 45 days of gestation (n = 16); IUHS, kids born to dams exposed to heat stress conditions during the first 45 days of gestation (n = 10).
2 Standard error of the difference.
3 Trt, treatment effect (IUHS vs. IUTN).