Method and device for optical in ovo sex determination of fertilized and incubated birds' eggs

• Main Authors: Koch, Edmund, Galli, Roberta, Steiner, Gerald, Preusse, Grit
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.12.2020
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS; PHYSICS; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TESTING; TRAPPING

Method and a device for the optical in ovo sex determination of fertilized and incubated birds' eggs. The method includes monitoring formation of at least one identifiable blood vessel, creating a hole in the shell of the egg, finding and irradiating the blood vessel with at least one laser bea...