Table 1 Mean values (±SD) of percentage duration of the behaviour of 40 cattle during the perioperative period

Eating

55.3 ± 33.4^A

6.2 ± 14.4^B

39.0 ± 32.3^A

34.1 ± 36.8^A

Ruminating

2.8 ± 19.9

0.0

0.0

5.1 ± 14.3

Drinking

0.4 ± 97.5

0.07 ± 0.42

0.25 ± 0.8

0.1 ± 0.3

Walking

8.8 ± 6.7^A

0.3 ± 0.7^B

10.0 ± 17.1^A

6.7 ± 8.2^A

Abnormal gait^*

0.0^B

4.8 ± 4.8^A

0.4 ± 1.8^B

0.5 ± 1.9^B

Standing/idle

31.7 ± 28.8^B

25.5 ± 26.7^B

43.7 ± 32.2^A

50.5 ± 33.5^A

Standing/abnormal posture^†

0.0^B

16.6 ± 20.7^A

1.7 ± 11.1^B

0.0^B

Lying down

0.0^B

34.4 ± 24.0^A

4.7 ± 20.8^B

1.8 ± 7.6^B

Abnormal lying down ^‡

0.0

7.5 ± 15.3

0.0

0.0

Lying down with head resting on/close to the ground

0.0^B

4.6 ± 6.9^A

0.0^B

0.0^B

Interaction

1.0 ± 1.9

0.07 ± 0.2

0.25 ± 1.2

1.2 ± 4.3

Head below the line of the spinal column

0.0

2.5 ± 6.9

0.05 ± 0.3

0.04 ± 0.3