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. 2023 Jan 9;102(4):102487. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102487

Table 2.

Effect of in ovo exposure to thiacloprid (TH), chicoric (CA), and rosmarinic acids (RA) on performance criteria and carcass traits of hatchlings.

	Experimental groups
Parameters	Control	TH	CA	RA	TH/CA	TH/RA	TH/CA+RA	P-value
Body weight (g)	41.34 ± 0.83^ab	34.60 ± 1.86^c	44.74 ± 1.20^a	44.41 ± 0.49^a	34.11 ± 1.47^c	33.47 ± 0.89^c	38.63 ± 0.76^bc	<0.001
Egg weight (g)	60.50 ± 0.36	60.48 ± 0.30	60.51 ± 0.35	60.53 ± 0.35	60.61 ± 0.18	60.48 ± 0.30	60.65 ± 0.15	0.999
Body weight/egg weight	68.13 ± 0.48^ab	52.49 ± 1.45^d	69.69 ± 0.38^a	70.09 ± 0.02^a	61.24 ± 0.63^c	61.33 ± 1.11^c	65.53 ± 0.35^b	<0.001
Relative liver weight %	1.90 ± 0.02	1.90 ± 0.03	1.91 ± 0.03	1.91 ± 0.02	1.92 ± 0.02	1.89 ± 0.02	1.89 ± 0.05	0.991
Relative spleen weight %	0.09 ± 0.00^b	0.06 ± 0.00^b	0.12 ± 0.00^a	0.12 ± 0.01^a	0.07 ± 0.00^b	0.07 ± 0.00^b	0.08 ± 0.012^b	<0.001
Relative bursa weight %	0.16 ± 0.01^b	0.08 ± 0.01^d	0.21 ± 0.01^a	0.23 ± 0.01^a	0.12 ± 0.00^c	0.14 ± 0.00^bc	0.16 ± 0.01^b	<0.001
Hatchability %	84.15 ± 1.55^ab	80.17 ± 0.03^b	84.20 ± 1.64^ab	85.51 ± 0.05^a	82.26 ± 0.48^ab	81.97 ± 0.25^ab	84.04 ± 1.45^ab	0.042

Values are mean ± SEM, values not sharing a joint superscript letter (a - d) differ significantly at *P < 0.05.