Table 1 Mean and standard-deviation of Unesp-Botucatu Pig Composite Acute Pain Scale (UPAPS) and its items between assessment methods.

From: Effects of assessment method (real-time versus video-recorded) on a validated pain-altered behavior scale used in castrated piglets

Parameters

Real-time

Video-recorded

P-value

Posture 1

0.07 ± 0.25

0.08 ± 0.27

0.5430

Posture 2

0.02 ± 0.15

0.02 ± 0.15

1.0000

Posture 3

0.09 ± 0.28

0.08 ± 0.27

0.5930

Interaction 1

0.05 ± 0.21

0.07 ± 0.26

0.0880

Interaction 2

0.07 ± 0.25

0.09 ± 0.29

0.1620

Interaction 3

0.05 ± 0.22

0.03 ± 0.18

0.1797

Activity 1

0.09 ± 0.29

0.10 ± 0.30

0.8772

Activity 2

0.01 ± 0.09

0.01 ± 0.12

0.4700

Activity 3

0.07 ± 0.26

0.05 ± 0.22

0.0599

Lift pelvic limb

0.03 ± 0.18

0.04 ± 0.19

0.8158

Scratching rubbing

0.02 ± 0.14

0.02 ± 0.15

0.7677

Walk away/run

0.01 ± 0.11

0.02 ± 0.13

0.4987

Sits with difficulty

0.11 ± 0.32

0.14 ± 0.34

0.2577

Wags tail

0.22 ± 0.41

0.25 ± 0.43

0.2458

Bites grill

0.01 ± 0.08

0.00 ± 0.00

1.0000

Head down

0.15 ± 0.35

0.11 ± 0.31

0.0641

Difficulty overcoming

0.02 ± 0.15a

0.0 ± 0.05b

0.0444

UPAPS

1.60 ± 2.66

1.55 ± 2.54

0.4390

  1. Multilevel binomial logistic model was used for all behaviors; multilevel zero-inflated negative binomial model was used to the UPAPS; bold is highlighting P < 0.05.
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