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. 2021 May 25;11(6):1545. doi: 10.3390/ani11061545

Table 2.

List of activities, behaviors, and stereotypies observed and their respective description.

Activity, Behavior and Stereotypy Description
Activity Ruminating Chewing regurgitated boluses of feed
Eating feed at the feeding trough Eating and masticating at the feeding trough
Lying Lying down in any resting position
Standing idling Standing
Behavior Agonistic Fighting Engaging in headbutts
Escaping One young bull escaping from another hostile young bull
Threatening One young bull has a hostile behavior but no contact is made
Non-agonistic Chin-resting One young bull places its chin on another young bull
Grooming One young bull licks another
Sniffing Sniffing another young bull
Social rubbing Rubbing another young bull
Stereotypy Licking Licking any equipment
Rubbing Rubbing repetitively own body against any equipment
Tongue-rolling Twisting and twirling the tongue, either inside or outside the open mouth, for at least 5 s