THE USE OF IONIZING RADIATION IN POULTRY FARMING (in Russian)
It is known that a small irradiation dose during the embryonic period of development can stimulate the secretion of gonadotrophic substances which may lead to an increase in egg production and ability to hatch. Eggs from Russian White and New Hampshire hens were given a dose of one to three r in an incubator by using glass vials of uranyl nitrate salts as a radioactive source. The hatching rate of chicks from the irradiated eggs was 2 to 4% higher than in the controls, and it was found that the egg production of hens from the irradiated eggs was 5 to 15% higher than that of the controls. In a large-scale experiment, a total of 4170 eggs were subjected to a dose of 1.4 r over a period of 26 days. (The eggs were irradiated for only 5 minutes on the 1st to 3rd day of incubation because of the radiosensitivity of the embryo at this time.) The egg production of hens obtained from the irradiated eggs averaged 10% greater than that of the control hens. The irradiation of eggs in an incubator with controlled doses of gamma radiation can be recoiamended as a practical method of increasing ability to hatch and egg production. (TTT)
- Research Organization:
- Inst. of Biological Physics, Moscow; and Tomilinskii Poultry Plant, Radio=biological Lab., USSR
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-030789
- OSTI ID:
- 4674653
- Journal Information:
- Radiobiologiya (U.S.S.R.) For English translation see Radiobiology (Engl. Transl.), Vol. Vol: 3; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- Russian
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