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Table 2.

Egg weight before setting and during transfer and the percentage of egg weight loss in eggs treated with different sanitizers.¹

Treatment	Egg weight before setting (g)	Egg weight during transfer (g)	Egg weight loss (%)
Grain alcohol	60.09 ± 4.88	52.05 ± 4.90^b	13.40 ± 2.87^a
Clove essential oil	60.20 ± 4.78	52.11 ± 4.57^a,b	12.96 ± 3.33^a
Ethanolic extract of propolis	59.69 ± 5.17	54.14 ± 4.85^a	8.59 ± 3.34^b
Paraformaldehyde	59.93 ± 4.30	52.19 ± 4.30^a,b	13.05 ± 3.24^a
P value	0.9201	0.0257	<0.0001
Coefficient of variation (%)	7.99	8.87	26.47

Means with different superscript letters in columns differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Results are expressed as means ± SD.