Table 2.

Effects of music and noise stimuli on the behavior of piglets

	Music	Noise	Control	F 2,21	P-value
State behavior, %
Lying	80.83b ± 0.76	82.21b ± 0.37	85.18a ± 0.65	13.06	<0.001
Ventral lying	47.10 ± 1.41	48.13 ± 0.92	49.43 ± 1.19	0.97	0.396
Lateral lying	33.74 ± 1.29	34.08 ± 0.96	35.87 ± 1.09	0.23	0.799
Active	19.17a ± 0.76	17.79a ± 0.37	14.82b ± 0.65	13.06	<0.001
Standing	14.68a ± 0.56	13.81a ± 0.73	12.27b ± 0.56	6.52	0.006
Walking	4.49a ± 0.24	3.42b ± 0.20	2.55c ± 0.16	23.45	<0.001
Event behavior, n
Tail-wagging	111.38a ± 22.72	15.50b ± 2.82	33.13b ± 4.25	14.41	<0.001
Playing behavior	67.88a ± 4.63	36.25b ± 2.01	32.75b ± 1.81	39.07	<0.001
Manipulative behavior	64.75 ± 7.00	62.75 ± 2.20	70.50 ± 5.25	0.25	0.784
Exploring behavior	467.63a ± 16.35	457.38a ± 9.45	350.13b ± 11.06	26.54	<0.001
Aggressive behavior	25.88b ± 3.66	53.13a ± 1.99	26.25b ± 2.27	32.57	<0.001

^a,bDifferent superscripts indicate a significant difference in different groups at P <0.05.