Technological strategies to determine the gender of eggs

Alizadeh, Mohammad; Zeinoddini, Zeinoddini; Mardashti, Zahra; Tanha, Narges

Technological strategies to determine the gender of eggs

Document Type : Analytic Review

Authors

Mohammad Alizadeh

zeinoddini zeinoddini

Zahra Mardashti

Narges Tanha

Department of Biological Sciences, University Complex of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

New technologies in determining the gender of eggs will greatly help to end the extermination of male chickens, which will save a lot in the poultry industry. These technologies are so valuable and important that many companies and research centers are willing to make large investments to progress in this field. Today, two invasive and non-invasive methods are used to determine the gender of the egg. Invasive diagnostic methods often lead to a decrease in the viability of samples, while non-invasive methods with high accuracy and viability of samples have created a great development capability among researchers. In other words, invasive diagnostic methods determine the gender of the embryos inside the egg with a high percentage, but it can endanger the continuation of the hatching process and jeopardize food safety. However, the use of non-invasive methods in line with industrial use has priority due to the fact that there is no danger to the chick embryo in the process of sex determination. In this review study, while examining the importance of gender determination during hatching for the poultry industry, an attempt has been made to examine and compare all the new technologies used to determine gender in the egg-laying and hatching stages and compare its advantages and disadvantages.

Keywords

Gender determination

Poultry farming

Technology

Identification

Hatching

Subjects

Industrial Biotechnology

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