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Table 2 Mean occurrence, median and 95 % confidence interval for median (95 % CI) of active behaviours and resting postures recorded during the scan sampling applied in pigs from the PAP block and control pens

From: Preliminary findings on the effect of the pig appeasing pheromone in a slow releasing block on the welfare of pigs at weaning

6 Hours post-mixing

       

Social behaviour and other active behaviours (%)

PAP in block

Control

P-value

 

Mean

Median

95 % CI

Mean

Median

95 % CI

 

Social negative

3.6

2.7

1.5-5.4

8.3

8.7

6.1-11.3

0.003

Social positive

5.5

5.1

4.5-6.8

1.4

1.3

0-2.8

0.02

Feeding

9.1

7.4

5.5-16.5

1.6

0

0-6.1

0.02

Drinking

3.1

2.9

2.5-3.9

0.8

0.5

0-1.7

0.04

Exploration

12.6

12.5

9.1-15.6

11.2

10.1

7.7-15.6

0.8

Other

66.6

65.4

62.0-70.5

76.7

77.3

75.2-82.0

0.043

Active total

77.6

85.1

71.4-90.0

68.4

71.4

53.6-87.5

0.42

Resting posture (%)

   

Lying total

27.6

23.4

13.3-33.3

43.9

42.0

16.9-67.8

0.20

 Lying ventrally

89.2

87.4

81.2-100

94.5

100

81.2-100

0.11

Sitting

1.2

0.9

0-2.4

4.1

4.2

2.1-6.0

0.02

24 Hours post-mixing

   

Social behaviour and other active behaviours (%)

   

Social negative

6.6

6.0

2.5-10.5

8.2

7.8

2.9-13.9

0.52

Social positive

5.6

6.0

3.9-7.5

2.9

2.8

1.6-4.2

0.02

Feeding

23.1

20.5

12.9-37.2

17.2

17.3

8.3-28.7

0.25

Drinking

2.4

2.5

1.0-5.0

2.0

1.7

0-3.9

0.50

Exploration

7.9

8.4

6.6-11-6

6.9

6.7

3.5-11.6

0.56

Other

54.4

52.5

44-65.4

62.8

62.4

50-75

0.22

Active total

41.1

43.8

22.1-57.8

42.0

38.8

21.4-58.9

0.91

Resting posture (%)

   

Lying total

66.6

67.4

48.2-84.3

68.8

75.0

52.7-87.5

0.88

 Lying ventrally

83.0

85.9

75-88.6

81.4

78.5

74.6-91.6

0.51

Sitting

0.17

0.0

0-0.7

0.69

0.0

0-2.7

0.20