Table 2.
Effect of parachlorophenylalanine (PCPA) treatment on the number of follicles (mean ± SEM) in the ovary of native Polish crested chickens (5 chickens/group).
| Follicles | Diameter | Group |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Control | PCPA | ||
| White | (1–4 mm) | 34.83 ± 5.68 | 41.67 ± 7.86 |
| Yellowish | (4–8 mm) | 14.33 ± 3.01 | 16.17 ± 1.89 |
| Yellow | (8–12 mm) | 0.50 ± 0.22 | 0.83 ± 0.17 |
| (12–18 mm) | 0.63 ± 0.21 | 0.83 ± 0.17 | |
| (18–24 mm) | 0.83 ± 0.17 | 0.83 ± 0.17 | |
| (24–30 mm) | 1.67 ± 0.33 | 2.17 ± 0.17 | |
| Atretic | 7.83 ± 2.21 | 7.50 ± 0.85 | |
Abbreviation: SEM, standard error of the mean.