5. Conclusion
The backtest results show that it OTS964 is sufficient to record only NEA. Additionally, the first backtest is the convincing test to describe the pig behaviour. Due to the low correlations between the first and the second backtests, consistencies of behaviour were not found. The human approach test with gilts provides satisfying results for a distinction between individual pigs. Although the correlations between the human approach tests of the three different ages were low, the medium phenotypic correlations between the tests with weaned pigs were estimated. The present study found no relation between the backtest and the human approach test which indicates that the tests measure different behaviour in pigs. Therefore, the consistency of behavioural characteristics between different tests was not observed and hence the behaviour might be only random individual variation in the pigs.
Conflict of interest statement
I wish to confirm that there are no known conflicts of interest associated with metaphase publication and there has been no significant financial support that could have influenced its outcome.
The backtest results show that it OTS964 is sufficient to record only NEA. Additionally, the first backtest is the convincing test to describe the pig behaviour. Due to the low correlations between the first and the second backtests, consistencies of behaviour were not found. The human approach test with gilts provides satisfying results for a distinction between individual pigs. Although the correlations between the human approach tests of the three different ages were low, the medium phenotypic correlations between the tests with weaned pigs were estimated. The present study found no relation between the backtest and the human approach test which indicates that the tests measure different behaviour in pigs. Therefore, the consistency of behavioural characteristics between different tests was not observed and hence the behaviour might be only random individual variation in the pigs.
Conflict of interest statement
I wish to confirm that there are no known conflicts of interest associated with metaphase publication and there has been no significant financial support that could have influenced its outcome.