Table 5. Effects of dosage level of phytogenic feed additives on behavior changes in growing pigs with stressed by stocking density

Items NC High stocking density SEM p-value
PC ES1 (0.05%) ES2 (0.10%) CES1 (0.10%) CES2 (0.20%) GP1 (0.04%) GP2 (0.08%)
Basic behavior (min/hour)
 Feed intake1),3),4),5),6),8) 4.55a 4.25c 4.33bc 4.30bc 4.46ab 4.49ab 4.33bc 4.36abc 0.02 0.001
 Standing1),3),4),5),6),8) 6.57b 7.42a 6.94ab 6.93ab 6.83ab 6.55b 6.80ab 7.11ab 0.07 0.009
 Lying1),3),4),5),6),8) 45.45 43.90 44.42 44.43 45.31 44.43 44.60 44.53 0.15 0.069
 Sitting1),4),5),6) 3.43 4.44 4.32 4.35 3.52 4.40 4.27 4.00 0.11 0.045
Singularity behavior (count/hour)
 Drink water4),8) 5.25 5.15 5.19 5.18 5.23 5.21 5.15 5.16 0.02 0.949
 Rooting 2.06 2.09 2.12 2.08 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 0.18 0.996
 Posture transition (lying-sitting)1),3),4),5) 2.17 2.57 2.49 2.47 2.44 2.43 2.51 2.46 0.05 0.612
 Posture transition (sitting-lying)1),3),4),8) 2.18 2.56 2.49 2.48 2.43 2.41 2.52 2.47 0.04 0.613
 Biting1),2),3),4),5),7),8) 0.65b 0.74a 0.66b 0.68ab 0.64b 0.67ab 0.69ab 0.70ab 0.01 0.014
Contrast: NC vs PC (p < 0.05).
Contrast: PC vs Other treatments (p < 0.05).
Contrast: PC vs Essential oil (p < 0.05).
Contrast: PC vs Mixture of bitter citrus extract and essential oil (p < 0.05).
Contrast: PC vs Grape pomace extract (p < 0.05).
Contrast: Essential oil vs Mixture of bitter citrus extract and essential oil (p < 0.05).
Contrast: Essential oil vs Grape pomace extract (p < 0.05).
Contrast: Mixture of bitter citrus extract and essential oil vs Grape pomace extract (p < 0.05).
Means with different letters are significantly differ (p < 0.05) or tend to differ (0.05 ≤ p < 0.10).
NC, basal diet in animal welfare density; PC, basal diet in high stocking density; ES1, basal diet with essential oil 0.05% in high stocking density; ES2, basal diet with essential oil 0.10% in high stocking density; CES1, basal diet with mixture of bitter citrus extract and essential oil 0.10% in high stocking density; CES2, basal diet with mixture of bitter citrus extract and essential oil 0.20% in high stocking density; GP1, basal diet with grape pomace extract 0.04% in high stocking density; GP2, basal diet with grape pomace extract 0.08% in high stocking density.