Research Article

Cognitive Enrichment in Piglet Rearing: An Approach to Enhance Animal Welfare and to Reduce Aggressive Behaviour

Table 1

Percentage of piglets around the feeder after 2, 5, 15, 30, 45, and 60 seconds of the activation of the feeder on different training days. Different letters indicate significant differences ( ).

Reaction in:2 sec (%)5 sec (%)15 sec (%)30 sec (%)45 sec (%)60 sec (%)

Day 126.0534.68a43.40a36.69a43.24a42.06
Day 218.76a30.38a44.23a48.1247.1044.81
Day 328.5854.83b67.63b69.19b61.87b52.24
Day 433.8950.4556.5456.3452.2143.09
Day 522.47a45.32b52.8250.2645.8039.82
Day 631.8055.9256.9954.5450.3443.76
Day 728.1055.5861.38b59.7058.5948.78
Day 838.24b63.17b63.25b59.20b51.5043.80

All days (means)29.5651.2157.0055.1751.5144.44