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Table 4 Mean ± standard deviation of fertility and hatchability rates for days 2–15 or days 2–8 after a single AI for S and C lines in G12 at 26–32 weeks of age (pooled semen) and 36–42 weeks of age (individual semen)

From: Eleven generations of selection for the duration of fertility in the intergeneric crossbreeding of ducks

 

Days 2–15 after AI

Days 2–8 after AI

Line

Fertility rate

Hatchability rates

Fertility rate

Hatchability rates

 

F/Ie%

H/Ie%

H/F%

F/Ie%

H/Ie%

H/F%

S

59.98a ± 4.00

36.24a ± 3.92

60.43a ± 3.99

89.14a ± 2.50

54.03a ± 4.07

60.62a ± 3.99

C

(26–32 W)

33.80b ± 5.19

23.60b ± 4.66

69.80a ± 5.04

61.46b ± 5.34

42.57b ± 5.43

69.26a ± 5.06

S

58.15a ± 4.02

42.31a ± 4.03

72.60a ± 3.64

88.88a ± 2.57

64.92a ± 3.90

73.00a ± 3.62

C

(36–42 W)

32.72b ± 5.15

23.91b ± 4.68

73.07a ± 4.87

62.26b ± 5.32

45.49b ± 5.47

73.06a ± 4.87

  1. Ie = number of eggs set; F = number of fertile eggs at candling (7th day of incubation); H = number of hatched mule ducklings; two different subscripts (a, b) in a column indicate significant differences (P < 0.05)