Frontiers in Zoology

Table 2 Contest behaviour for contests that ended in a clear winner within 20 min

From: Sexual dimorphism in ritualized agonistic behaviour, fighting ability and contest costs of Sus scrofa

Latency (s)	8 weeks		10 weeks		13 weeks		p value
Latency (s)	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Sex	Age	S × A
Nose contact	10.8	10.3	17.4	19.7	12.5	10.9	0.35	< 0.001	0.07
Display	30.3	36.5	37.4	54.1	37.4	57.0	0.38	0.03	0.92
Pushing	57.9	70.9	64.7	125.9	91.7	103.7	0.57	0.02	0.81
Bite	112.9	99.1	149.7	113.4	157.0	92.6	0.01	0.57	0.41
Fight	108.9	90.5	153.7	78.2	159.3	86.4	0.002	0.14	0.14
Withdrawal	161.4	156.8	191.8	168.2	349.5	127.5	0.93	0.008	0.07

Values are the mean latency (in s) until a behaviour was shown within dyadic contests, by week of age for male and female pigs. Values are means to facilitate interpretation, whereas the p-values are based on log transformed data

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