Original scientific paper

THE BEHAVIOUR OF WEANED PIGS INFECTED WITH ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI STRAIN IN THE SECOND 24 HOURS

Boris Krsnik ; Veterinarski fakultet, Zavod za animalnu higijenu, okoliš i etologiju, Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska
Rayane Yammine ; Veterinarski fakultet, Zavod za animalnu higijenu, okoliš i etologiju, Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska
Željko Pavičić ; Veterinarski fakultet, Zavod za animalnu higijenu, okoliš i etologiju, Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska
Tomislav Balenović ; Veterinarski fakultet, Zavod za stočarstvo, Zagreb, Republika Hrvatska

Abstract

By monitoring the experimentally infected and control groups of piglets during the second 24 hours, a part of the ethogram was made, conlaining the following behavioural patterns: eating, drinking, lying, standing, urinating, defecating, rooting, playing, biting objects and running. The obtained average frequency and duration data are presented in a tabular form, statistically analysed, and the behavioural differences between the experimental and the control group are then compared applying the t-test. The analysis result reveals a significant difference between the experimental group and the controls regarding the frequency and duration of the urinating behaviour and the duration of the defecating behaviour.

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Hrčak ID:

164137

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/164137

Publication date:

17.1.1996.

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