Table 2 Mean occurrence and SD of active behaviours and resting postures recorded during the scan sampling of sows from the IDAL and NEEDLE groups
24 h Before Vaccination | |||
Social behaviour and other active behaviours (%) | IDAL | NEEDLE | P |
Social negative | 1.1 ± 1.52 | 3.1 ± 3.19 | 0.0582 |
Social positive | 3.1 ± 4.02 | 5.6 ± 5.13 | 0.3307 |
Drinking | 2.1 ± 2.89 | 4.0 ± 3.87 | 0.2343 |
Exploration | 21.8 ± 12.98 | 30.2 ± 8.04 | 0.2124 |
Active total | 53.1 ± 28.83 | 55.6 ± 24.89 | 0.8212 |
Resting posture (%) | |||
Lying total | 55.9 ± 29.36 | 54.1 ± 26.18 | 0.9021 |
Lying ventrally | 90.0 ± 15.41 | 93.4 ± 8.45 | 0.3979 |
Sitting | 0.9 ± 2.14 | 0.6 ± 1.39 | 0.6880 |
24 h Post-Vaccination | |||
Social behaviour and other active behaviours (%) | |||
Social negative | 4.1 ± 2.90 | 5.1 ± 3.93 | 0.4919 |
Social positive | 2.4 ± 2.44 | 2.3 ± 2.76 | 0.9277 |
Drinking | 4.7 ± 2.65 | 3.2 ± 4.82 | 0.4757 |
Exploration | 18.0 ± 9.64 | 21.6 ± 14.69 | 0.6060 |
Active total | 45.6 ± 17.52 | 29.1 ± 19.11 | 0.0309 |
Resting posture (%) | |||
Lying total | 67.2 ± 17.07 | 78.0 ± 19.91 | 0.8321 |
Lying ventrally | 72.0 ± 15.99 | 65.1 ± 12.10 | 0.2202 |
Sitting | 1.4 ± 2.41 | 1.1 ± 2.10 | 0.1901 |