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. 2021 Oct 2;5(4):txab191. doi: 10.1093/tas/txab191

Table 2.

Least squares means ± SEM for distance walked (km), time devoted to walking (h), AUI, and average walking speed (m/s) for groups of calves weaned with intranasal oxytocin (n = 10) or intranasal saline (n = 10) on days 0, 7, and 14 after weaning

Oxytocin Saline P-Values
Day 0 Day 7 Day 14 Day 0 Day 7 Day 14 Trt Day Trt × Day
Distance 9.10 ± 0.38 2.69 ± 0.36 1.85 ± 0.36 9.58 ± 1.09 2.77 ± 0.38 1.90 ± 0.36 0.50 <0.01 0.82
Walking time 3.15 ± 0.13 0.86 ± 0.12 0.52 ± 0.12 3.19 ± 0.12 0.88 ± 0.13 0.55 ± 0.12 0.66 <0.01 0.80
Non-walking time 12.85 ± 0.13 15.14 ± 0.13 15.48 ± 0.13 12.81 ± 0.13 15.12 ± 0.13 15.45 ± 0.13 0.39 <0.01 0.88
AUI 0.63 ± 0.04 0.85 ± 0.04 0.34 ± 0.04 0.68 ± 0.04 0.87 ± 0.04 0.34 ± 0.04 0.51 <0.01 0.84
Average speed 0.82 ± 0.02 0.88 ± 0.01 0.96 ± 0.01 0.83 ± 0.01 0.91 ± 0.02 0.93 ± 0.01 0.51 <0.01 0.09

Walking time, h = total time devoted to walking in 16 h.

AUI = total polygonal area of the weaning paddock utilized by the calf divided by the total area of the paddock.