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Incubation and Fertility Research Group: {WPSA Working Group 6 (Reproduction)} 2009 Meeting - University of East Anglia,Norwich,Norfolk,UK 7th and 8th July 2009
A wide variety of subjects was covered in this conference from the importance of eggshell temperature for hatching success to techniques for freezing pheasant semen. Some of the most interesting papers were on the use of new technology to understand what is happening during the incubation process. The use of MRI technology to image embryo development was described while a the potential use of thermal imaging cameras to solve hatchery problems was also discussed. Poultry were not the only avian species covered in the conference, also discussed was the occurrence and pattern of embryo mortality in wild birds and the relationship between egg mass and shape across all bird species was also considered.
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