Table 4 Description of data collected during open field and novel object test.
From: The in-utero experience of piglets born from sows with lameness shapes their life trajectory
Test | Measure | Description |
|---|---|---|
Open field test | Latency | Time in seconds between piglet entering in the pen and walking |
Activity | Time in seconds spent walking | |
Quadrants accessed | Time in seconds spent in central and lateral quadrants (quadrants on the edge of the pen) | |
Vocalizations | A count of all types of vocalization | |
Novel object test | Latency | Time in seconds between the bucket being placed in the pen until animal interaction with the object (close to and with the head toward to the object) |
Near to the object | Time in seconds the animal spent close to the object (in quadrants that surround the object) | |
Quadrants accessed | Time in seconds spent in central and lateral quadrants (quadrants on the edge of the pen) | |
Vocalizations | Number of all types of vocalizations |
