Evaluation of Holstein cows with different tongue-rolling frequencies: stress immunity, rumen environment and general behavioural activity

Table 7 Spearman correlation between tongue-rolling frequency and general activity time of cows

Items		TRF	Rumination time	Eating time	Food time	The other time	Lying time
TRF	r-value	1	−0.384	−0.277	−0.492	0.176	0.064
TRF	P-value		0.064	0.190	0.015	0.410	0.767
Rumination time	r-value	−0.384	1	−0.079	0.743	0.152	−0.142
Rumination time	P-value	0.064		0.715	0.000	0.479	0.508
Eating time	r-value	−0.277	−0.079	1	0.609	−0.772	−0.015
Eating time	P-value	0.190	0.715		0.002	0.000	0.944
Food time	r-value	−0.492	0.743	0.609	1	−0.397	−0.123
Food time	P-value	0.015	0.000	0.002		0.055	0.565
The other time	r-value	0.176	0.152	−0.772	−0.397	1	−0.624
The other time	P-value	0.410	0.479	0.000	0.055		0.001
Lying time	r-value	0.064	−0.142	−0.015	−0.123	−0.624	1
Lying time	P-value	0.767	0.508	0.944	0.565	0.001

TRF Tongue rolling frequency, The other time = 24 h − eating time − lying time, including idle standing time and milking time for cows, etc.; Food time = eating time + rumination time

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