Table 3.
Fertilizing capacity and hatchability of laying breeder hens.
| Items | Treatments |
SEM |
p-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | AOP1 | AOP3 | AOP | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| Embryo mortality (%) | 6.30a | 4.39ab | 1.75b | 0.687 | 0.014 | 0.004 | 0.759 |
| Fertility of set eggs (%) | 92.50 | 94.17 | 95.00 | 0.953 | 0.580 | 0.313 | 0.844 |
| Hatch of fertile eggs (%) | 93.70b | 95.61ab | 98.25a | 0.687 | 0.014 | 0.004 | 0.759 |
| Hatchability of set eggs (%) | 86.67b | 90.00ab | 93.33a | 1.143 | 0.048 | 0.015 | 1.000 |
a-c
Means within a row with no common superscript differ significantly (p < 0.05). Values are means ± SEM (n = 4 plates of 30 eggs each). Abbreviations: CON, control group, basal diet; AOP1, basal diet supplemented with 1 g/kg AOP; AOP3, basal diet supplemented with 3 g/kg AOP.