Table 3. Yolk-free body weight (YFWB) (g), relative YFBW to egg weight at embryonic day 1 (ED1) (%), absolute (g) and relative residual yolk to egg weight at ED1 (%) at ED 16, 20 and at hatch of the control, sham, and albumen-deprived group (n = 15 per group per age).
| control | sham | albumen-deprived | P-value treatment | P-value age | P-value interaction | ||||
| Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | Mean | SEM | ||||
| YFBW weight (g) | 28.7 | 1.3 | 29.0 | 1.3 | 28.5 | 1.4 | NS | <0.001 | NS |
| Relative YFBW weight (%) | 48.3 | 2.2 | 47.6 | 2.2 | 47.0 | 2.2 | NS | <0.001 | NS |
| Residual yolk weight (g) | 9.0 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 0.5 | 8.8 | 0.5 | NS | <0.001 | NS |
| Relative residual yolk weight (%) | 14.9 | 0.7 | 14.7 | 0.7 | 14.8 | 0.8 | NS | <0.001 | NS |
| Water content residual yolk (%) | 52.4a | 0.5 | 51.8ab | 0.4 | 50.8b | 0.4 | 0.016 | NS | NS |
a–b
Within a row, treatment means with different superscript are significantly different (P<0.05). P-values of effect of treatment, age and interaction are added in separate columns. Data are shown as mean ± SEM.