Table 2.
Results of embryonic mortality according to breed, laying age, and egg storage period, and their analysis of variance
Breeds | Laying age (weeks) | Storage period (days) | Embryonic mortality (%) | Dead inshelled egg (%) |
Early | Middle | Late |
Hwanggalsaek Jaeraejong | 27~29 | 3 | 1.9±2.1f | 0.0±0.0b | 4.7±2.0b | 4.7±1.8 |
7 | 5.5±6.3def | 0.9±1.9ab | 6.4±5.4ab | 0.9±1.8 |
14 | 15.9±5.9bcde | 2.9±3.8ab | 4.0±4.6b | 3.7±7.4 |
50~52 | 3 | 8.5±3.7cdef | 0.0±0.0b | 8.6±2.6ab | 5.5±4.5 |
7 | 8.5±8.5cdef | 0.9±1.8ab | 12.6±8.3ab | 10.1±7.3 |
14 | 11.3±1.7bcdef | 1.8±2ab | 23.5±18.5ab | 8.6±12.7 |
Korean Rhode Island Red | 27~29 | 3 | 5.5±4.1def | 1.1±2.2ab | 4.5±3.6b | 5.4±6.5 |
7 | 18.4±3.7bcd | 0.0±0.0b | 10.9±7.6ab | 2.2±4.3 |
14 | 38.3±8.2a | 4.1±3.3ab | 1.9±3.7b | 2.9±3.6 |
50~52 | 3 | 7.2±3.9def | 0.0±0.0b | 9.8±7ab | 3.7±2.9 |
7 | 10.9±5.2bcdef | 0.0±0.0b | 14.4±5.1ab | 9.9±7.9 |
14 | 23.6±5.8b | 5.5±2.2a | 19±11.6ab | 8.2±3.7 |
Korean White Leghorn | 27~29 | 3 | 3.6±3.0ef | 0.0±0.0b | 5.4±3.6b | 3.5±4.9 |
7 | 15.0±4.5bcdef | 1.0±1.9ab | 2.8±1.9b | 3.8±4.4 |
14 | 21.6±8.8bc | 1.9±2.2ab | 6.4±1.6ab | 2.7±3.4 |
50~52 | 3 | 3.6±2.9ef | 2.6±1.8ab | 4.4±1.8b | 6.2±6.1 |
7 | 2.7±3.4ef | 3.5±2.9ab | 7.9±4.5ab | 5.3±4.6 |
14 | 8.6±2.0cdef | 0.9±1.7ab | 14.7±7.1ab | 1.7±2.0 |
Means | | | 11.7±10.0 | 1.5±2.3 | 9.0±8.3 | 5.0±5.6 |
P-values | Breed (A) | <.0001 | 0.4315 | 0.2139 | 0.5187 |
Laying age (B) | 0.0004 | 0.4254 | <.0001 | 0.0165 |
Storage period (C) | <.0001 | 0.0006 | 0.0348 | 0.9004 |
A × B | 0.0023 | 0.2657 | 0.3252 | 0.4725 |
A × C | 0.0005 | 0.0028 | 0.5734 | 0.8666 |
B × C | 0.0001 | 0.6059 | 0.0081 | 0.2373 |
A × B × C | 0.7156 | 0.2406 | 0.7897 | 0.5979 |
The different superscripts within column significantly differ.