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Table 2 Effect of lighting time on the behavior of Yellow-footed chickens

From: Constant light in early life induces fear-related behavior in chickens with suppressed melatonin secretion and disrupted hippocampal expression of clock- and BDNF-associated genes

 

LD

LL

P-value

T-value

df

Open field test

 First step time, s

60.11 ± 12.71

198.80 ± 12.72

0.00

−5.80

65.18

 Grid number, n

31.37 ± 3.30

4.88 ± 1.51

0.00

7.30

51.96

 Defacation, n

69.05 ± 7.25

13.70 ± 3.83

0.00

6.75

56.35

 Steps, n

1.87 ± 0.82

0.83 ± 0.14

0.00

4.52

71.10

 Escape, n

2.68 ± 0.49

0.28 ± 0.16

0.00

4.67

44.82

 Tweet, n

247.26 ± 21.07

54.40 ± 13.41

0.00

7.72

63.22

Balance test

 Time_stayed, s

96.32 ± 5.35

117.70 ± 1.66

0.00

−3.81

44.08

 Distance _moved, cm

9.95 ± 1.87

0.83 ± 0.37

0.00

4.77

39.94

Tonic immobility test

 Immobility time, s

113.08 ± 15.88

222.32 ± 17.62

0.00

−4.61

75.54

  1. Data are presented as means ± SEM; LD, n = 39; LL, n = 40
  2. Raw data of behavioral test were showed in Additional file 1