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.