Table 5.
Fertility, hatchability of set eggs, hatchability of fertile eggs, early, mid, and late embryonic mortality, and contaminated eggs according to different treatments.1
| Treatment | Fert (%) | Hatch (%) | Hatch fert (%) | Early dead (%) | Mid dead (%) | Late dead (%) | Cont. (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonsanitized | 83.27 ± 2.31 | 61.63 ± 3.32b | 74.03 ± 3.58b | 7.09 ± 1.54 | 2.35 ± 1.99 | 13.41 ± 2.24a | 3.13 ± 1.25a |
| Grain alcohol | 81.96 ± 2.02 | 60.32 ± 2.89b | 73.59 ± 2.87b | 7.60 ± 1.46 | 2.40 ± 0.93 | 13.60 ± 1.00a | 2.81 ± 0.84a,b |
| Clove essential oil | 83.60 ± 1.77 | 70.81 ± 2.40a | 84.69 ± 1.65a | 4.32 ± 2.68 | 1.56 ± 1.24 | 8.67 ± 3.86b | 0.38 ± 0.76c |
| Paraformaldehyde | 81.63 ± 1.96 | 66.87 ± 4.48a,b | 81.87 ± 3.92a | 6.46 ± 1.46 | 1.48 ± 1.38 | 9.63 ± 2.92a,b | 0.81 ± 0.94b,c |
| P-value | 0.0546 | 0.0027 | 0.0043 | 0.0915 | 0.5443 | 0.0197 | 0.0330 |
| Coefficient of variation (%) | 1.76 | 4.07 | 3.86 | 25.68 | 69.77 | 18.69 | 57.54 |
Means in the same column with different superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05).
Abbreviations: Cont., contaminated; Fert, fertility; Hatch, hatchability of set eggs; Hatch fert, hatchability of fertile eggs.
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Results are expressed as the means ± SD.