Table 1.
The date of eggs’ arrival at the laboratory in six replicates of egg storage procedures at 22 and 15°C with hens’ age (week, when available) and mean egg mass (g, with SEM, N = 120) at arrival. The different symbol on egg mass indicates significant difference among six mean values at 22 or 15°C storage procedure
| Replicate No. | Storage temperature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22°C | 15°C | |||||
| Arrival (m/d/y) | Hens’ age | Egg mass | Arrival (m/d/y) | Hens’ age | Egg mass | |
| 1 | 4/11/13 | – |
65.70 ± 0.32a
(N = 120) |
5/08/13 | – |
65.15 ± 0.34a
(120) |
| 2 | 5/22/13 | – |
59.19 ± 0.34b
(120) |
9/29/13 | – |
63.38 ± 0.35ab
(120) |
| 3 | 10/25/13 | – |
65.16 ± 0.30a
(120) |
11/07/13 | – |
65.10 ± 0.32a
(120) |
| 4a | 3/02/14 | 52 |
65.22 ± 0.34a
(120) |
3/04/14 | 52 |
65.59 ± 0.30a
(120) |
| 5b | 4/11/14 | 27 |
51.40 ± 0.29c
(120) |
4/09/14 | 27 |
51.55 ± 0.32c
(120) |
| 6b | 5/07/14 | 31 |
59.29 ± 0.23bc
(120) |
5/09/14 | 31 |
59.77 ± 0.27bc
(120) |
| Six replicates |
61.00 ± 0.27 (N = 720) |
61.75 ± 0.23 (N = 720) |
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The eggs of replicate no. 6 in 22°C storage procedure were stored in a box maintained at ~80% of RH.
a
Sibling eggs laid by hens of flock #1.
b
Sibling eggs laid by hens of flock #2.