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Table 2 Activity and non-activity of pigs during fattening period presented as a percentage of the total time from 7 am to 7 pm for each parameter

From: Behaviour of fattening pigs fed with liquid feed and dry feed

 

Non-activity

Activity

 

Resting

Sleeping

Eatinga

Activity

Nosingb

Nibblingc

 

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

Installation week 1

      

 Wet feeding

14.2

26.9

1.6

39.4

17.8

0.1

 Dry feeding

12.4

44.6

2.5

38.7

0.5

1.3

Installation week 6

      

 Wet feeding

9.3

55.6

1.3

30.9

-

2.9

 Dry feeding

43.7

41.3

1.9

11.9

-

1.2

Installation week 13

      

 Wet feeding

10.3

66.8

0.7

21.8

-

0.4

 Dry feeding

29.7

55.4

1.4

13.0

-

0.5

Mean of 1, 6 & 13

      

 Wet feeding

11.3

49.8

1.2

30.7

5.9

1.1

 Dry feeding

28.6

47.1

1.9

21.2

0.2

1.0

  1. The table compare a wet feeding system with a dry feeding system during the first, sixth and thirteenth week of the fattening period. Bolded data represent significantly (P < 0.001) higher percentage of the merged parameters for activity and non-activity within observation week than the un-bolded data
  2. aTotal eating time; bBelly-nosing; cNibbling tail or ear
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Porcine Health Management

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