Table 1. Effects of temperature on pig behavior

Items T1 T2 T3 T4 SE p-value
Basic behavior (min/hour)
 Feed intake 5.32a 5.26ab 4.98b 4.17c 0.02 0.003
 Standing 7.69a 7.21b 6.45c 6.39c 0.01 0.028
 Lying 43.86b 43.91b 45.16a 45.84a 0.03 0.039
 Sitting 2.75 2.68 2.97 3.02 0.01 0.115
Singularity behavior (count/hour)
 Drink water 4.81c 4.89c 5.63b 7.11a 0.02 0.011
 Rooting 0.97 1.05 1.12 1.38 0.01 0.068
 Posture transition (lying-standing) 3.56 3.49 3.12 3.87 0.03 0.566
 Posture transition (standing-lying) 3.59 3.43 3.17 3.81 0.02 0.491
 Wallowing 5.13c 5.71bc 6.23b 7.89a 0.02 0.012
 Biting 0.07b 0.09b 0.16ab 0.41a 0.01 0.362
Six replicate pens per treatment, two pigs per pen.
Means in the same row with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05).
T1, set temperature (18°C)/actual temperature (17.8 ± 0.4°C); T2, set temperature (22°C)/actual temperature (21.7 ± 0.3°C); T3, set temperature (26°C)/actual temperature (25.9 ± 0.2°C); T4, set temperature (30°C)/actual temperature (29.6 ± 0.3°C).