. 2019 Aug 2;3(4):1530–1542. doi: 10.1093/tas/txz135

Table 3.

Classification of temperament based on exit velocity effect on body weight (WT), chute scores (CS), individual animal exit velocity (EV), rectal temperature (TEMP), blood lactate (BLAC), serum lactate (SLAC), salivary (SCORT) or serum (BCORT) cortisol and serum glucose (GLUC)

Exit velocity class¹
Item	Fast	Medium	Slow	SEM	P-value
n = 197
WT, kg	452.8^a	402.9^b	374.7^c	10.8	****
CS²	3.4^a	3.1^b	2.8^c	0.07	****
EV, m/s	4.10^a	2.56^b	1.06^c	0.07	****
TEMP, ºC	40.15^a	39.78^b	39.64^b	0.06	****
BLAC³, mM	6.4^a	3.2^b	2.4^c	0.3	****
SLAC, mM	9.28^a	4.76^b	3.86^b	0.48	****
SCORT, µg/dL	0.27^a	0.21^b	0.17^b	0.02	****
BCORT, µg/dL	2.25^a	1.74^b	1.69^b	0.14	**
GLUC, mg/dL	129.68^a	101.32^b	94.63^b	4.3	****

Significance = *P < 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤0.001, **** P ≤ 0.0001.

^a,b,cMeans within a row that have a different superscript letter differ (P < 0.05).

¹Exit velocities were separated by thirds with fastest exit velocities being classified as fast, slowest exit velocities as slow and the middle one-third classed as medium.

²Chute Scores – 1 = Docile, 2 = Restless, 3 = Nervous, 4 = Flighty (Wild), 5 = Aggressive, 6 = Very Aggressive.

³Lactate Pro meter.