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Table 1 Pressure mat gait variables of trotting pigs (mean ± SEM) over all pigs and over the complete study period

From: Pressure mat analysis of the longitudinal development of pig locomotion in growing pigs after weaning

Variable

Left fore

Right fore

Left hind

Right hind

Weight distribution (%)

0.29 ± 0.00

0.29 ± 0.00

0.21 ± 0.00

0.21 ± 0.00

nPVF (N/kg)

6.67 ± 0.09

6.61 ± 0.09

4.83 ± 0.09

4.93 ± 0.08

PVF (% BW)

67.99 ± 0.88

67.33 ± 0.92

49.24 ± 0.87

50.23 ± 0.78

nLR ((N/s)/kg)

0.12 ± 0.00

0.12 ± 0.00

0.11 ± 0.00

0.11 ± 0.00

nVI (Ns/kg)

0.67 ± 0.02

0.65 ± 0.01

0.46 ± 0.01

0.47 ± 0.01

VI (s*% BM)

6.85 ± 0.15

6.65 ± 0.14

4.72 ± 0.12

4.76 ± 0.12

nPVP((N/cm2)kg)

0.31 ± 0.01

0.30 ± 0.01

0.26 ± 0.01

0.26 ± 0.00