Table 4. Staging Taiwan Country Chicken (TCC) and Brown Tsaiya Duck (BTD) embryos by the incubation time (h) relative to Hamburger and Hamilton (HH) and Dupuy (D-) staging system during the first 72 h of incubation.
Hour (h) post-incubation | ||||
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The HH stage | D-staging | HH | TCC | BTD |
1 | 13–14 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–12 |
2 | 15 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 10–14 |
3 | 16 | 12–13 | 12–13 | 13–24 |
4 | 17 | 18–19 | 18–19 | 25–29 |
5 | 18 | 19–22 | 19–22 | 25–31 |
6 | 19 | 23–25 | 22–25 | 31–35 |
7 | 20 | 23–26 | 24–26 | 33–34 |
8 | 21 | 26–29 | 26–29 | 32–36 |
9 | 22 | 29–33 | 29–33 | 36–42 |
10 | 23 | 33–38 | 33–39 | 43–46 |
11 | 24 | 40–45 | 40–45 | 45–48 |
12 | 25 | 45–49 | 45–49 | 50–52 |
13 | 26 | 48–52 | 48–52 | 54–56 |
14 | 27 | 50–53 | 50–53 | 60–64 |
15 | 28 | 50–55 | 50–55 | 64–68 |
16 | 29 | 51–56 | 52–56 | 69–72 |
17 | 30 | 52–64 | 52–64 | 71–72 |
18 | 31 | 65–69 | 65–69 | N/A |
19 | 32 | 68–72 | 68–72 | N/A |
N/A: data not available.