Table 5.

Effects of genetic laying hen crossbred (CB) and eggshell temperature (EST) from day 14.5 of incubation onward on blood characteristics and hepatic glycogen at 6 h after hatching (intensive part).

	n	Glucose, mmol/l	Lactate, mmol/l	Uric acid, mmol/l	Glycogen, mg/liver
CB
AB	89	10.52	3.41	0.30	23.15
BB	90	10.46	3.75	0.32	24.76
SEM		0.15	0.16	0.01	0.99
EST (°C)
36.7	60	10.56	4.14	0.32	26.24
37.8	60	10.49	3.29	0.27	24.79
38.9	59	10.43	3.31	0.34	20.83
SEM		0.25	0.23	0.02	1.28
CB × EST
AB × 36.7	30	10.46	4.31a	0.33	26.16
AB × 37.8	30	10.59	3.09b,c	0.27	23.16
AB × 38.9	29	10.52	2.81c	0.31	20.12
BB × 36.7	30	10.66	3.97a,b	0.31	26.31
BB × 37.8	30	10.39	3.48a–c	0.28	26.42
BB × 38.9	30	10.34	3.81a,b	0.37	21.55
SEM		0.27	0.27	0.02	1.72
P-values
CB		0.65	0.05	0.49	0.23
EST		0.94	0.13	0.12	0.12
CB × EST		0.33	0.007	0.06	0.64

^a–cLSmeans within a column and factor lacking a common superscript differ (P ≤ 0.05).