Method for selecting eggs
AssigneeStichting Instituut voor Dierhouderij en Diergezondheid
InventorMaria Leonie Boerjan
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Abstract
A method for selecting eggs, in which the eggs are subjected to a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) treatment for obtaining an NMR image and the eggs are selected on the basis of the NMR image. An apparatus for processing eggs includes egg supply means, egg selection means, and egg discharge means, the egg selection means having at least one apparatus for making at least one NMR image of an egg, and means being provided for controlling the egg discharge means on the basis of the at least one NMR image.
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A method for selecting eggs based upon the fertilized and unfertilized status thereof wherein the eggs are subjected to a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) treatment for obtaining an NMR image, and the eggs are selected on the basis of the differences between the NMR images of fertilized and unfertilized eggs.
Use of an NMR apparatus for selection of fertilized and unfertilized eggs based upon the differences between the NMR images of fertilized and unfertilized eggs.
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