Sentence examples for ranking animals from inspiring English sources

The variation in free space usage could be due to lower ranking animals feeling threatened by higher ranking sows, or larger sows feeling more space restricted in the stalls than smaller sows.

It is possible that animals in the "middle" of the rank produce different giggle bouts when these are directed to higher ranking versus lower ranking animals.

However, this situation has changed industry dynamics, introducing competitive partners into the process of ranking animals, and has increased the proprietary nature of performance information, genotypes and analytical approaches.

We created the index by ranking animals, from 1 to 17 (n = 17 animals), in each of the first three measurement parameters (delta F0, maximum F0 and duty cycle).

Aggressive animals have advantages, such as better access to food or territories, and they produce more offspring than low ranking animals.

As stated by the authors, these sows had probably been eating nothing but straw for the entire period because they were low ranking animals that did not dare use the feeding tubes in a setting characterised by extreme competition.

In most cases, the animals defined as 'pure' peckers or receivers in our study were also among the top ranking or bottom ranking animals using the previously proposed formulas to rank animals in groups [ 19- 22].

We ranked animals by assigning weight rank 1 to lightest animals, weight rank 2 to animals having medium weight and weight rank of 3 to the heaviest animals in each triad.

For animals with simulated uncertainty, the percentage of correctly ranked animals was higher (0.7percentt point; Table 3).

Some researchers have used aggressive encounters (both pecks and receiving pecks) to rank animals in a social dominance hierarchy [ 19- 22].

The lowest ranked animals were deemed LI, while rats with intermediate levels of impulsivity were deemed MI.