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Table 4 Percentage of displayed behaviours the castration day (day 0) and the following day (day 1) for each treatment

From: Effect of local anaesthesia and/or analgesia on pain responses induced by piglet castration

 

Day

C

M

L

LM

Body position

0

48.3

44.8

45.2

44.7

 

1

41.9

39.3

40.7

38.9

Non-specific behaviour

0

71.1

75.0

74.6

75.3

 

1

74.7

77.5

73.9

74.9

Pain-related behaviour

0

6.0

4.6

6.5

4.7

 

1

5.8a

4.3ab

5.9ab

3.6b

Social cohesion

0

3.5

2.7

2.5

3.7

 

1

2.2

2.1

2.3

1.6

Location-heat lamp

0

55.9

52.3

52.9

52.3

 

1

51.2

48.3

50.4

52.2

  1. Significance was found between treatments C and LM for pain-related behaviour (p = 0.04) the day after castration. Means with different letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05)