Table 3 Significant correlations between various drinking variables for all groups combined (* P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01)
From: Sucking and drinking behaviour in preweaned dairy calves in the first five weeks of life
Correlation coefficients | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Sucks/min | Sucks/L of milk | Amount of milk/suck | Drinking duration/meal | Amount consumed/ meal | Drinking speed |
Sucks/min | – | NSC | W1: −0.57* | W2: −0.73** W3: −0.68** | NSC | W3: 0.56* |
Sucks/L of milk | – | W1: −0.91** W2: −0.94** W3: −0.96** W4: − 0.94** W5: − 0.95** | W1: 0.63** W3: 0.51* W4: 0.76** W5: 0.61* | W1: − 0.52* W2: − 0.51* W3: − 0.62** W4: − 0.49* W5: − 0.51* | W1: − 0.77** W2: − 0.63** W3: − 0.79** W4: − 0.89** W5: − 0.80** | |
Amount of milk/suck | – | W4: −0.61** W5: − 0.53* | W3: 0.69** W4: 0.69** W5: 0.60** | W1: 0.59* W2: 0.56* W3: 0.81** W4: 0.93** W5: 0.82** | ||
Drinking duration/meal | – | NSC | W1: −0.78** W2: − 0.82** W3: − 0.78** W4: − 0.72** W5: − 0.67** | |||
Amount consumed/meal | – | W1: 0.60* W3: 0.54* W4: 0.61** W5: 0.66** | ||||
Body weight | NSC | W3: −0.54* W4: − 0.57* W5: − 0.57* | W3: 0.63** W4: 0.69** W5: 0.66** | NSC | W1: 0.57* W2: 0.55* W3: 0.79** W4: 0.73** W5: 0.61** | W3: 0.58* W4: 0.73** W5: 0.54* |