Relation between current egg production and fertility following artificial insemination¹

Technical paper no. 3170 of the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station. Supported in part by Western Regional Project W‐50.

Synopsis

Results from three trials in which 4,810 eggs were incubated showed no relation between current rate of lay and fertility following artificial insemination of the chickens. The correlation coefficients calculated from data on individual pullets were statistically nonsignificant, being +0.071, +0.144 and ‐0.040 for the first, second and third trials, respectively. There was also no significant correlation between current rate of lay and hatchability.

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Technical paper no. 3170 of the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station. Supported in part by Western Regional Project W‐50.

Chester M. Wilcox Memorial Scholar 1968–1971.

Present address: Poultry Science Department, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29631, USA

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Notes on contributors

B. L. Hughes

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