. 2020 May 14;15(5):e0232825. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232825

Table 11. Trial 7 –Essential oils ultrafogger disinfection, breeding and necropsy results.

Group	A: Contaminated, treated		B: Contaminated, untreated		C: Control
Infertile eggs/early embryonic death [%]	0		1.4		4.3
Late embryonic death [%]	1.4		2.9		2.9
Hatchability [%]	98		98		90
Mortality [%]	4.1		2.0		0
	Day 7 / 14		Day 7 / 14		Day 7 / 14
N	24	23	24	24	23	22
Mean body weight [g]	156.0^a ^**	512.3^b ^*^,^c ^	185.4^a ^**	460.0^b ^**	168.9	471.7^c ^*
Mean relative liver weight [%]	5.3	3.9^a ^*	5.5	4.1^a ^*	5.4	4.1
Mean relative gut weight [%]	12.9^a ^^,^b ^	9.1^c ^^,^d ^	10.7^a ^**	8.4^c ^**	11.8^b ^**	9.7^d ^**
Macroscopy
Abnormal yolk sacs [n]	8^a ^**	9	3	11	0^a ^**	10
Abnormal kidneys [n]	1	0	1	0	0	0
Histology
Liver, extramedullary hematopoiesis [n]	4	8^a ^*	6	2	3	3^a ^*
Liver, lymphoid follicles [n]	5	5^a ^*	5	14^a ^*	7	10
Lung, lymphoid follicles [n]	0	16	3	18	2	17
Kidneys, lymphoid follicles [n]	2	4	2	4	0	3

Statistical evaluation conducted only between group A to group B and C

^{a, b, c, d} Superscripts within the row and time indicate significant differences

* indicates p ≤ 0.05 (significant)

** indicates p ≤ 0.01 (highly significant)