Determining air cell location and embryo development in opaque shelled eggs Academic Article

abstract

• A novel method for determining air cell location, embryo development, and eggshell defects in opaque thick-shelled eggs was tested. Results demonstrated that a camcorder with IR Night Shot function performed significantly better (P < 0.05) than unaided visual determination of air cell location in Emu eggs. In addition, the Mini DVC camcorder unit was as accurate as the heavier, non-portable, and more expensive traditional IR candling units. Commercial ratite producers, waterfowl biologists, and others working with opaque thick-shelled eggs may benefit from this research.

authors

• Blue-Mclendon, Alice
• Kraemer, Duane

published proceedings

• AVIAN BIOLOGY RESEARCH

altmetric score

• 3.1

author list (cited authors)

• Kjelland, M. E., Blue-McLendon, A., & Kraemer, D.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Kjelland, Michael E||Blue-McLendon, Alice||Kraemer, Duane

publication date

• June 2012

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

keywords

• Air Cell
• Candling
• Egg
• Eggshell
• Emu
• Opaque
• Thick-shelled

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3184/175815512X13350293537608

start page

• 99

end page

• 102

volume

• 5

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.3184%2F175815512x13350293537608