Table 4.
The accumulated occurrence and/or frequency of behaviours related to abdominal pain in calves. The numbers in brackets show the number of animals that carried out the behaviour.
Behaviour Test day 3 Test day 5 Test day 7
Dull appearance 0 0 0
Vocalisation 0 0 0
Licking at the abdomen 3 (1 calf) 4 (2 calves) 0
Biting at the abdomen 0 0 0
Kicking at the abdomen 0 0 0
Getting up/lying down 14 (6 calves) 10 (5 calves) 19 (5 calves)
Rapid, breathing 0 bouts 0 bouts 0 bouts
Bruxism 0 bouts 0 bouts 0 bouts
Hunched stance 0 bouts 0 bouts 0 bouts