Table 5 Description of the recorded behaviors by Leruste et al.46 and Abdelfattah et al.47.
Behaviors | Description |
|---|---|
Standing | Standing with all four feet on the ground without any purposeful activity |
Lying | Lying on flank or sternum with head held in a raised position or down without rumination |
Eating | Ingesting starter from feed bunk or head was in the feed bunk and ingesting milk |
Drinking | Drinking water from water trough |
Ruminating | Irregular, repetitive chewing without discernible food in the mouth either lying or standing |
Non-nutritional oral behavior | Biting, nibbling, sucking or licking any pen structures, except for feed; manipulating a penmate including sucking or bitting a part of the body of a penmate; consuming bedding materials, and calf rolling its tongue outside the mouth |
