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Table 4 Mortality of female Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki) given GnRHa or GnRHa + MET treatments. Data reflects the N of treated females and percent (%) that laid eggs and then died, as well as those that died but did not lay eggs

From: Influence of oviposition-inducing hormone on spawning and mortality in the endangered Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki)

Treatment

N

# Deaths (%) of Total N

Rate of Mortality (%)

Laid then died

Death if no eggs laid (%)

No hormone

111

20/111 (18.0)

12/102 (11.7)

8/9 (89.0)

GnRHa

50

12/50 (24.0)

6/23 (26.1)

6/27 (22.2)

GnRHa + MET

34

7/34 (20.6)

4/15 (26.7)

3/19 (15.8)

P-value

–

0.67

0.11

<  0.0002