Avian incubation
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Avian incubation
（Poultry science symposium series, no. 22）
Butterworth-Heinemann, 1991
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This volume contains the proceedings of the 22nd Poultry Science Symposium held at the West of Scotland College, Ayr on 12-15 September 1989. The symposium was organized by the United Kingdom branch of the World's Poultry Science Association and attracted 125 delegates from 20 countries. Members of the organizing committee are listed below. Topics covered in these proceedings range from general aspects of incubation in reptiles and birds to consideration of temperature, turning, water relations, respiratory gas exchange and energy budget of developing eggs. Practical aspects include incubator design, egg hygiene and egg storage. Additional papers address the nutrition of the breeding bird and embryo as well as the role of hormones in the hatching process.
Table of Contents
- Comparative aspects of embryology and incubation
- incubation and embryonic development in reptiles and birds
- embryology and embryo culture
- the sub-embryonic fluid of the egg of the domestic fowl and its relationship to the early development of the embryo
- primordial germ cells and the scope for genetic manipulation using embryos
- theoretical and practical aspects of incubation
- current hatchabilities in species of domestic importance and the scope for improvement
- energy budget and gas exchange of avian eggs
- factors affecting hatchability and chick viability
- nutrition of the breeding bird and developing embryo
- invited posters
- effects of egg size on hatchability, chick size and posthatching growth
- skewed secondary sex ratio in the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus).
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