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Table 2 Daily behaviour patterns of beef calves experimentally induced with digital dermatitis (DD)

From: An experimental model to induce digital dermatitis in beef calves

Behavioura

Groupb

N

Mean

SE

95% CI

Rumination Time (%)

MI

3

25.8

2.7

19.8

31.9

IN-NDD

2

30.1

3.3

22.7

37.6

IN-DD

3

35.0

3.9

26.4

43.6

Feeding Time (%)

MI

3

20.3

1.8

16.2

24.4

IN-NDD

2

22.3

2.2

17.3

27.3

IN-DD

3

18.8

2.6

13.0

24.6

Inactivity Time (%)

MI

3

29.2

1.1

26.7

31.6

IN-NDD

2

29.7

1.3

26.7

32.8

IN-DD

3

29.4

1.6

25.9

32.8

Activity Time (%)

MI

3

24.6

3.2

17.5

31.8

IN-NDD

2

17.8

4.0

9.0

26.6

IN-DD

3

16.8

4.6

6.6

27.0

Standing Time (%)

MI

3

32.1

3.7

23.6

40.6

 

IN-NDD

2

32.2

5.3

20.2

44.2

 

IN-DD

3

29.1

5.3

17.1

41.1

  1. aMean percent time spent daily per behaviour 5 to 1 day before DD diagnosis
  2. bMI Mock-inoculated (no DD lesion), IN-NDD Inoculated not diseased (no DD lesion), IN-DD Inoculated diseased (clinical case of DD, M1); based on Döpfer et al., [14]