Effects of different stocking densities on performance and activity of cattle × yak hybrids along a transhumance route in the Eastern Himalaya

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Table 3 Activity pattern of the hybrids kept at low and high SD on Sites 2–4

Period	Activity	SD	Site (S)^A			SEM	P-values
Period	Activity	SD	2	3	4	SEM	S	SD	S × SD
Entire day	Number of steps	Low	6,188^ab	4,458^c	3,730^c	289.1	<0.001	0.01	0.74
	Number of steps	High	7,085^a	4,963^bc	4,189^c
	Walking (min)	Low	434^ab	362^bc	289^c	17.8	<0.001	0.04	0.81
	Walking (min)	High	467^a	369^bc	307^c
	Standing (min)	Low	483^ab	491^a	461^ab	20.1	0.73	<0.001	0.67
	Standing (min)	High	400^b	421^ab	418^ab
	Lying (min)	Low	400^c	464^bc	568^a	14.5	<0.001	<0.001	0.49
	Lying (min)	High	451^c	528^ab	593^a
Daytime^B	Number of steps	Low	3,402^ab	3,023^b	2,937^b	233.5	0.01	0.02	0.38
	Number of steps	High	4,240^a	3,691^ab	3,168^b
	Walking (min)	Low	267^ab	249^ab	228^b	15.8	0.02	0.08	0.71
	Walking (min)	High	304^a	275^ab	237^ab
	Standing (min)	Low	220^ab	230^ab	282^a	12.5	<0.001	<0.001	0.44
	Standing (min)	High	183^b	184^b	273^a
	Lying (min)	Low	51^ab	60^ab	29^b	9.5	<0.001	0.56	0.28
	Lying (min)	High	52^ab	79^a	29^b

Means by treatment, n = 4 each for high and low SD.
SEM standard error of the mean.
^AMeans of the same variable for high and low SD across pasture sites carrying different superscripts differ at P < 0.05.
^BDaytime = from morning milking to evening milking plus next day’s daylight hours before morning milking (480 + 59 = 539 min, respectively).