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

Table 4 Measures of contest costs for contests between males (MM), between males and females (MF) and between females (FF)

	MM	MF	FF	p-value
Contest duration (s)	349 ± 18.3^a	264 ± 11.9^b	258 ± 19.1^ab	0.01
Δ Lactate (mmol/L)	5.57 ± 0.359^a	3.82 ± 0.234^b	4.29 ± 0.375^ab	0.01
Δ Glucose (mmol/L)	1.21 ± 0.023^a	1.15 ± 0.015^a	1.15 ± 0.024^a	0.16
Skin lesions front (n)	35 ± 2.5^a	18 ± 1.6^b	21 ± 2.6^b	0.002
Skin lesions total (n)	58 ± 4.2^a	31 ± 2.7^b	33 ± 4.4^b	0.002

^a,bValues lacking a common superscript letter differ by p < 0.05 in post-hoc test with Bonferroni correction for multiple testing

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