Table 6.
Effects of the treatments (compost bedded pack barn, bedded pack barn and freestalls) on each behavioral variable measured during the motion of lying down/standing up.
| Item | Treatment 1 | SEM 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBP | BP | FS | |||
| Lying down | |||||
| No. of events observed | 347 | 318 | 429 | NA | |
| Time needed to lie down, s | 4.9 a | 4.5 b | 4.9 a | 0.37 | |
| Attempts before starting the motion, % | 4.7 a,b | 1.5 b | 6.4 a | 3.32 | |
| Incorrect or unfinished motion, % | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.53 | |
| Kneeling, % | 6.4 a | 2.2 b | 2.6 b | 1.32 | |
| Standing up | |||||
| No. of events observed | 251 | 356 | 357 | NA | |
| Time needed to stand up, s | 3.5 b | 3.1 c | 3.9 a | 0.30 | |
| Attempts before starting the motion, % | 3.3 b | 1.7 b | 14.9 a | 2.85 | |
| Incorrect or unfinished motion, % | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.53 | |
| Kneeling, % | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.73 | |
1 CBP: compost bedded pack barn; BP: bedded pack barn; FS: freestalls. 2 SEM: standard error of the mean; NA: not applicable. a–c Least square means within a row with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05).