Table 1.
Survival and hatching rates of chicken embryos after busulfan treatment
| Dose (μg) | Number of embryos |
Survival rates of embryos on incubation day (%) |
Hatched (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 3 | Day 7 | Day 10 | Day 14 | Day 17 | Day 20 | |||
| Untreated controls (0) |
71 |
94.47 ± 1.08 |
92.96 ± 1.41 |
89.93 ± 4.17 |
88.64 ± 3.99 |
88.64 ± 3.99 |
85.91 ± 2.81 |
84.47 ± 1.49 |
| Busulfan treated (100) |
144 |
87.03 ± 3.16 |
77.65 ± 3.36 |
69.75 ± 4.93 |
68.39 ± 5.31 |
68.39 ± 5.31 |
67.65 ± 5.01 |
61.85 ± 2.59 |
| P value | 0.0902 | 0.0136 | 0.0354 | 0.0381 | 0.0381 | 0.0336 | 0.0016 | |