Table 3.

Behaviours during the ewe-lamb short-term maternal separation test (LS mean ± sem) in lambs at 3 months of age reared by multiparous (n = 19) or primiparous (n = 12) ewes.

	Multiparous	Primiparous
Behaviours while the lamb remained isolated
Time walking (s)	24.5 ± 4.4	37.2 ± 10.7
Number of vocalizations	35.2 ± 4.0	30.4 ± 5.0
Behaviours after including the mother in the test
Time walking (s)	46.6 ± 7.9	48.7 ± 14.9
Number of vocalizations	30.2 ± 4.0	26.2 ± 5.0
Number of times that the lambs crossed the line	5.6 ± 0.9	5.7 ± 1.2
Time in the zone near fence (s)	203.5 ± 17.3	230.6 ± 19.2
Number of contact attempts	10.0 ± 2.5	10.7 ± 1.8

There were no significant differences between groups.