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. 2020 Jan 24;99(2):812–819. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2019.12.027

Table 4.

Effect of age at photostimulation on fertility and hatching efficiency of White Leghorn breeder hens at 50 wk of age.

Item Age at photostimulation (wk)
SEM P-value
16 18 20 22
Fertility, % 97.83 98.75 97.62 96.00 1.07 0.90
Hatchability of fertile eggs, % 71.33 88.94 84.66 90.68 3.39 0.14
Hatchability, % 69.65b 87.85a 82.51a 86.86a 2.98 0.04

Data are the mean of 2 replicates.

a,b

Values within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05.