Table 6.

Correlation between IgM and IgG antibody titers in hen-yolk-hatchling samples.

	Description Pearson's	Hen-Yolk		Yolk-Hatchlings
Antigen	R P-value	High Line	Low Line	High Line	Low Line
PC-BSA IgM	R	0.20	0.41	0.79	−0.05
	P	NS	NS	**	NS
PC-BSA IgG	R	0.85	0.76	0.60	0.68
	P	***	***	*	**
KLH IgM	R	–	0.04	–	–
	P	–	NS	–	–
KLH IgG	R	0.90	0.46	0.87	0.01
	P	***	NS	***	NS
dsDNA IgM	R	–	–	–	–
	P	–	–	–	–
dsDNA IgG	R	0.84	0.14	0.80	0.29
	P	***	NS	**	NS
PC-OVA IgM	R	–	–	–	–
	P	–	–	–	–
PC-OVA IgG	R	−0.25	0.59	0.68	0.52
	P	NS	*	**	*
OVA IgM	R	−0.10	0.14	0.14	0.16
	P	NS	NS	NS	NS
OVA IgG	R	0.74	0.09	0.48	0.26
	P	**	NS	NS	NS

–Not calculated.

NS: not significant, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001