Vol. 9, No. 9 
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Table 2. Changes in weights or measurements of the carcasses, muscles, fat deposits, 
and internal organs of 14 hen pheasants collected in Ford and Livingston counties 
during the egg-incubating period of 1966. The 14 hens had been incubating for an 
average of 14.4-1.3 (range 4-21) days. 
Mean Weight 
Samp 1 e 
S i ze 
or 
Mean Length 
Sample Regression 
Coef f i c i ent* 
Jt Value 
Carcass 
14 
845-24 g 
-4.01 
o.8oo ns 
Muse 1es 
Leg 
14 
175-1-5.2 g 
-0.42 
0.375 nS 
Sterna 1 
14 
213.8-7.3 g 
-0.81 
0 . 526 ns 
Fat Deposits 
Fat Strip 
14 
0 . 9 - 0.1 g 
-0.05 
2 - 2 73 + 
Visceral Fat 
14 
5 • 4 -1 .2 g 
- 0.61 
5 -755 + 
Internal Organs 
Heart 
14 
3-5-0.2 g 
- 0.02 
0-533 nS 
Liver 
14 
14.5-0.7 g 
-0.05 
0.436 ns 
Gizzard 
14 
13.4-0.5 g 
1 
0 
1.693 ns 
Ovary 
14 
2 .4-0 .6 g 
- 0.21 
1 . 71 5 ns 
Oviduct 
14 
4.4-0.7 g 
-0.24 
1 . 581 ns 
1 ntestine 
14 
98. 8 - 3 •3 mm 
-0.51 
0.752 ns 
Caecum 
14 
18.6-6.4 mm 
+0.05 
0.790 ns 
Colon 
14 
10 . 6 - 0.2 mm 
0.00 
0 . 066 ns 
i on, 
* Mean chan 9 e 'n weight or length per day of i ncubat i< 
t Significant at the 95 percent level of confidence (Ref. t = 2.179 with 12 df). 
ns = Not significant. 
