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Table 3 Results of locomotor activity and feeding behaviours and rhythms of the cats according to their chronotype (diurnal versus nocturnal)

From: Daily rhythms in food intake and locomotor activity in a colony of domestic cats

 

Diurnal (n = 8)

Nocturnal (n = 6)

Test

Test value

Significance

DCD (km)

1.28 ± 0.45

2.37 ± 0.49

t-test

t12 = 1.635

p = 0.128

AR amplitude

328 ± 32

572 ± 67

t-test

t12 = 3.448

p < 0.01

AR IS

0.34 ± 0.03

0.48 ± 0.02

t-test

t12 = 3.489

p < 0.01

AR IV

1.74 ± 0.13

1.48 ± 0.09

t-test

t12 = − 1.553

p = 0.146

DFI (g)

43 ± 6

51 ± 4

t-test

t12 = 1.064

p = 0.308

FR amplitude

226 ± 48

276 ± 19

Mann–Whitney

U = 7.00

p = 0.177

FR IS

0.27 ± 0.02

0.34 ± 0.02

t-test

t12 = 2.088

p = 0.059

FR IV

2.10 ± 0.15

1.99 ± 0.06

t-test

t12 = − 0.853

p = 0.410

  1. DCD daily covered distance, AR activity rhythm, IS interdaily stability, IV intradaily variability, DFI daily food intake, FR feeding rhythm