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Table 4 Results of the generalized linear mixed-effects model for the nursery period with dichotomized pen-week (at least one pig with score ≥1 vs. no pig with score ≥1) as outcome variable and pen nested in batch as random effect (random intercept): results of models for each individual explanatory variable, the full model and the final model

From: Provision of straw by a foraging tower –effect on tail biting in weaners and fattening pigs

Nursery

Individual models

Full model

Final modela

Fixed effect

Estimate

P-value

Estimate

P-value

Estimate

P-value

Week

−0.077

0.045

−0.040

0.679

−0.059

0.529

SG (CG = baseline)

0.331

0.590

0.330

0.539

  

day/night temperature range

0.204

0.063

0.150

0.223

  

average temperature

−0.167

0.245

model did not converge with this variable included

model did not converge with this variable included

ammonia concentration

−0.024

0.521

−0.065

0.112

  

air velocity

27.265

0.024

26.233

0.055

27.265

0.024

  1. arandom effect batch:pen (Intercept): variance 1.927