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. 2020 Aug 1;10(8):1334. doi: 10.3390/ani10081334

Table 3.

Associations between the time-budgets (%/24 h; %/12 light hours; %/12 night hours) and stocking densities among the group pens.

Behavioural Activities Stocking Density
%/24 h %/12 Light Hours %/12 Dark Hours
r a p-Value r a p-Value r a p-Value
Standing −0.61 0.079 −0.51 0.157 −0.68 0.049 *
Feeding −0.23 0.559 −0.14 0.724 −0.32 0.396
Lying 0.59 0.094 −0.08 0.839 0.57 0.112
Locomotion 0.89 0.001 * 0.76 0.017 * 0.67 0.049 *
Playing 0.73 0.024 * 0.79 0.012 * 0.29 0.444
Drinking −0.29 0.450 −0.56 0.114 0.00 0.997
Snaking 0.23 0.553 0.28 0.461 0.04 0.911
Mutual grooming 0.29 0.449 0.28 0.473 0.17 0.659
Biting 0.36 0.346 0.29 0.450 0.39 0.301
Self-grooming 0.76 0.018 * 0.78 0.014 * 0.48 0.193
Kicking 0.35 0.361 0.37 0.330 0.10 0.807
Sexual behaviour 0.38 0.317 0.39 0.297 0.00 1.000
Stereotypic behaviour 0.43 0.244 0.43 0.244 0.43 0.244

a Pearson’s correlation coefficient. * Statistical significance p < 0.05