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Table 3 Measures of contest costs for males and females at 8, 10 and 13 weeks of age

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

 

8 weeks

10 weeks

13 weeks

p value

M

F

M

F

M

F

Sex

Age

S×A

Contest duration (s)

267

242

375

335

311

184

0.004

0.003

0.04

Δ Lactate (mmol/L)

4.65

4.00

5.60

4.91

4.65

2.70

0.009

0.02

0.18

Δ Glucose (mmol/L)

1.20

1.14

1.21

1.20

1.14

1.09

0.12

0.03

0.64

Skin lesions front (n)

24

26

25

18

30

17

0.02

0.58

0.03

Skin lesions total (n)

37

43

43

33

47

32

0.17

0.92

0.05

  1. Values are LSmeans. For blood lactate and blood glucose, the relative difference between the pre and post contest value was used for analysis