Table 5. The effects of pre-weaning environmental enrichment-based materials on bahaviour characteristics in pigs

Control1) WBW-1 WBW-2 SEM p-value
X2) O X O X O BWN AWN Interaction
D 14 (number/hours)
 Nosing 10.43 9.93 10.41 10.16 9.79 9.93 0.49 0.454 0.486 0.652
 Biting 6.68 5.56 6.81 5.45 6.93 5.29 0.54 0.967 < 0.001 0.885
 Mounting 0.54 0.62 0.58 0.47 0.56 0.60 0.24 0.934 0.959 0.834
 Tail biting 4.06 3.16 3.93 3.20 3.97 3.14 0.41 0.982 0.002 0.960
 Ear biting 2.79 2.18 2.87 2.04 2.95 2.12 0.28 0.918 < 0.001 0.809
 Aggressive 2.37 1.81 2.20 1.79 2.16 1.56 0.23 0.404 0.001 0.844
D 28 (number/hours)
 Nosing 5.18 5.52 5.68 5.27 4.70 5.39 0.46 0.428 0.463 0.253
 Biting 1.39 1.29 1.29 1.27 1.31 1.04 0.55 0.647 0.374 0.778
 Mounting 0.47 0.58 0.60 0.75 0.54 0.52 0.22 0.589 0.568 0.867
 Tail biting 0.54 0.56 0.77 0.62 0.54 0.45 0.19 0.346 0.543 0.832
 Ear biting 0.85 0.72 0.52 0.64 0.77 0.58 0.16 0.232 0.525 0.393
 Aggressive 0.41 0.47 0.50 0.54 0.52 0.47 0.18 0.856 0.850 0.919
Control, no environmental enrichment installation during lactation; WBW-1, environmental enrichment installation 1 week before weaning; WBW-2, environmental enrichment installation 2 weeks before weaning.
X, without object installation as environmental enrichment after weaning; O, with object installation as environmental enrichment after weaning.