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. 2021 Apr 8;99(5):skab110. doi: 10.1093/jas/skab110

Table 2.

Nonaggressive behaviors (analyzed as the proportion of time for each behavior over a 4-h observation period with scan sampling every 2 min), at each time point, were compared with the total duration of aggression (s)1

Aggression (s) Period Behavior Slope SE F (1, 8) P-value
Total aggression Introduction Inactive −3.144 0.334 86.766 <0.001
Movement −4.596 1.039 19.137 <0.001
Ingestion −3.931 0.512 57.915 <0.001
Social −3.708 1.182 9.666 0.002
Exploration −5.687 0.651 75.280 <0.001
3 wk Inactive −10.565 2.003 27.575 <0.001
Movement −9.058 2.259 15.946 <0.001
Ingestion −8.572 2.055 17.253 <0.001
Social −7.717 2.404 10.240 0.002
Exploration −8.852 2.039 18.695 <0.001
6 wk Inactive −9.014 2.583 12.026 0.001
Movement −5.631 2.778 4.070 0.045
Ingestion −6.585 2.641 6.657 0.011
Social −9.020 2.972 9.117 0.003
Exploration −8.182 2.683 9.178 0.003
9 wk Inactive −12.381 3.588 −11.839 0.001
Movement −11.020 3.895 −7.969 0.005
Ingestion −9.940 3.619 −7.503 0.007
Social −8.195 3.735 −4.791 0.029
Exploration −10.085 3.696 −7.400 0.007

1Aggression variables were log10 + 1 transformed for normality. Pigs were observed immediately after introduction to a new social group and 3, 6, and 9 wk later.