Table 7. The effects of pre-weaning environmental enrichment-based materials on cortisol in pigs

Control1) WBW-1 WBW-2 SEM p-value
X2) O X O X O BWN AWN Interaction
Cortisol (pg/mg)
 Hair 78.56 73.12 76.83 71.16 78.48 70.58 3.98 0.799 0.010 0.891
 Saliva 5.02 4.65 4.80 4.65 4.90 4.46 0.47 0.896 0.245 0.906
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.