Table 1.

Body and Organ Weights and Yellow Yolky Follicles Numbers (YYF) in Incubating and Laying Hens

Tissue	Laying	Incubating	Pa
Body weight (g)	1431 ± 26	1127 ± 21	< 0.001
Pituitary (mg)	7.9 ± 0.5	10.2 ± 0.8	0.016
Ovary (g)	6.5 ± 0.4	1.8 ± 0.1	< 0.001
Oviduct (g)	39.9 ± 2.2	3.3 ± 0.5	< 0.001
Spleen (g)	1.9 ± 0.2	1.8 ± 0.1	0.712
Adrenal (mg)	112.8 ± 9.7	98.8 ± 6.2	0.278
Number of YYFb	5.6 ± 0.2	0	< 0.001

^aSignificance from anova (F_1,11). ^bKruskal–Wallis anova (n = 12; mean ± SEM).