Table 6 Ethogram used in this experiment
From: Porcine ear necrosis is associated with social behaviours in weaned piglets
Behaviours | Observation | Description |
|---|---|---|
Inactive behaviours | Standing inactive | Standing on all four legs without performing any activity |
Lying inactive with eyes opened | Ventral or lateral recumbency with eyes open without performing any activity | |
Lying inactive with eyes closed | Ventral or lateral recumbency with eyes closed and head resting on the floor | |
Social behaviours | Nosing pen mate while standing | Touching, gently rubbing, nibbling or licking the body of a pen mate with the snout while standing |
Aggressing pen mate | Head or shoulder knock, aggressively biting at any part of the body of a pen mate | |
Manipulating orally pen mate | Biting, sucking, chewing or nibbling the tail, ear or any part of the body of a pen mates. | |
Non-social exploratory behaviours | Manipulating orally enrichment objects | Chewing, nosing, sniffing, touching or rooting on objects in the pen (chain or wooden toy) with the snout |
Pen surface exploration | Nosing, sniffing, touching or rooting on the floor or the pen fixtures with the snout, scraping the floor | |
Locomotion behaviours | Walking | Walking in the pen |
Maintenance behaviours | Eating | Eating from the feeder or nosing, sniffing, touching, rooting the feeder with the snout |
Drinking | Drinking water from drinker or nosing, sniffing, touching, rooting the drinker with the snout | |
Eliminating | Defecating or urinating |