Table 3.
Egg fertility rates (%) obtained by artificial insemination of hens with frozen/thawed rooster semen using different concentrations of trehalose in the diluent.
| Medium | Eggs Laid, psc. | Egg Fertility Rates, % | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day of Experiment | Results for the Entire Period of the Experiment % | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 25 | |||
| LCM-control * | 130 | x | x | 73 | 100 | 100 | 90 | 86 | 91 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 90 | 86 | 20 | 0 | 79 |
| LCM-T10 | 131 | x | x | 76 | 100 | 100 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 92 | 100 | 100 | 95 | 92 | 55 | 0 | 82 |
| LCM-T20 | 139 | x | x | 67 | 100 | 92 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 50 | 15 | 86 |
* LCM-control, no additive; LCM-T10 extender supplemented with 4.8 mM trehalose; LCM-T20 extender supplemented with 9.5 mM trehalose.