Table 2 Fertility, hatchability and viability per group
Variable | Egg laying perioda | Negative control group | Fluralaner-treated group | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Fertility and hatchability | ||||||
Fertile eggs/ Eggs laid | Baseline | 0.973 | 0.004 | 0.974 | 0.004 | 0.9291 |
Post-treatment | 0.967 | 0.006 | 0.968 | 0.006 | ||
Chicks hatched/ Eggs laid | Baseline | 0.857 | 0.01 | 0.841 | 0.009 | 0.9193 |
Post-treatment | 0.873 | 0.004 | 0.875 | 0.008 | ||
Chick viability variables | ||||||
Down feather length (cm) | Baseline | 1.118 | 0.007 | 1.084 | 0.007 | 0.5320 |
Post-treatment | 1.043 | 0.006 | 1.038 | 0.005 | ||
Newly hatch chick weight (g) | Baseline | 40.89 | 0.106 | 40.52 | 0.111 | 0.9463 |
Post-treatment | 41.7 | 0.106 | 41.41 | 0.114 | ||
Female Day 14 chick weight (g) | Baseline | 119.3 | 2.581 | 112.4 | 3.911 | 0.5682 |
Post-treatment | 106.1 | 4.273 | 104.1 | 2.862 | ||
Male Day 14 chick weight (g) | Baseline | 128.5 | 2.127 | 122.9 | 3.166 | |
Post-treatment | 105.9 | 4.741 | 112.1 | 2.077 | ||