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. 2018 May 9;13(5):e0196973. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196973

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
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.