Table 5. Fertility and hatchability at week 12 and week 24 of the experiment.
| VA Treatment (IU/kg) | Hatched egg % | Fertile egg % | Healthy chicks (% of Hatched Eggs) | |||
| Week 12 | Week 24 | Week 12 | Week 24 | Week 12 | Week 24 | |
| A (5,000) | 87.25 | 81.18b | 93.10 | 88.01b | 97.84 | 96.40 |
| B (15,000) | 86.62 | 81.19b | 95.89 | 92.30b | 98.17 | 96.69 |
| C (45,000) | 90.11 | 75.21ab | 96.55 | 85.82ab | 97.95 | 96.33 |
| D (135,000) | 87.16 | 68.51a | 92.80 | 79.13a | 98.15 | 93.00 |
| SEM | 1.113 | 1.683 | 0.812 | 1.563 | 0.323 | 0.654 |
| p-value | ||||||
| (Combined) | 0.705 | 0.011 | 0.254 | 0.014 | 0.985 | 0.133 |
| Linear | 0.757 | 0.002 | 0.975 | 0.009 | 0.833 | 0.065 |
| Quadratic | 0.619 | 0.234 | 0.052 | 0.046 | 0.937 | 0.138 |
a–b
Within a column, values not sharing a common superscript letter are significantly different (P<0.05).