Table 1. The profiles (mean ± SD) of activity and mounting behavior during the peri-estrus period in Hanwoo cows submitted to estrus synchronization and monitored with sensing collars
Parameter1) | Day | p-value |
−3 | −2 | −1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Activity (m) |
24-h periods | 114.4 ± 155.5b | 353.8 ± 173.3ab | 608.2 ± 199.7a | 684.9 ± 264.4a | 597.6 ± 248.4a | 536.0 ± 189.5a | < 0.001 |
6-h periods | 28.6 ± 38.9b | 88.5 ± 46.3ab | 152.0 ± 53.4a | 171.2 ± 70.7a | 149.4 ± 66.4a | 134.0 ± 50.7a | < 0.001 |
2-h periods | 9.5 ± 13.0c | 29.5 ± 15.4bc | 50.7 ± 17.8a | 57.1 ± 23.6a | 49.8 ± 22.1a | 44.7 ± 16.9ab | < 0.0001 |
Mounting (no.) |
24-h periods | 11.0 ± 17.7 | 35.8 ± 40.7 | 31.3 ± 25.6 | 47.9 ± 34.2 | 21.5 ± 19.5 | 36.8 ± 21.7 | 0.22 |
6-h periods | 2.8 ± 4.4b | 8.9 ± 10.2ab | 7.8 ± 6.3ab | 12.0 ± 8.6a | 5.4 ± 4.9ab | 9.2 ± 5.4ab | < 0.05 |
2-h periods | 0.9 ± 1.5c | 3.0 ± 3.4ab | 2.6 ± 2.1ab | 4.0 ± 2.9a | 1.8 ± 1.6ab | 3.1 ± 1.8ab | < 0.01 |
The measured data by the bio-telemetry device was calculated in three periods (24-, 6- and 2-h periods) to determine which period was most efficient at identifying estrus of Hanwoo cows.
Means within the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05).