Method of producing avian eggs and birds of germ-free status
OwnerLeonard Moraninventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of rearing a bird of germ-free status. The method comprises housing a bird as a parent bird, surgically removing an egg in its shell from the parent bird prior to transfer of the egg to the cloaca in the parent bird, incubating the egg still in its shell and hatching the egg to produce a laying bird. The invention also relates to the production of avian eggs of germ-free status.
Claims34
A method of rearing at least one bird of germ-free status comprising, in a sterile environment:
- housing at least one bird as a parent bird;
- removing an egg in its shell from the parent bird prior to transfer of the egg to the cloaca in the parent bird;
- and
- incubating the egg in its shell and hatching the egg to produce a laying bird.
A method of rearing a bird of germ-free status comprising, in a sterile environment:
- obtaining a flock of similar birds all reared under the same conditions;
- housing one of the birds as a parent bird;
- removing an egg from the parent bird prior to transfer of the egg to the cloaca in the parent bird;
- and
- incubating the egg in its shell and hatching the egg to produce a laying bird.
A method of rearing a bird of germ-free status comprising, in a sterile environment:
- obtaining a flock of similar birds all reared under the same conditions,
- housing one of the birds as a parent bird;
- performing a laparotomy incision and tying off the oviduct of the bird at both ends with sutures prior to transfer of the egg to the cloaca in the parent bird;
- transecting the oviduct distal to each suture;
- removing the egg in its shell enclosed in the oviduct;
- sterilizing the oviduct;
- removing the egg;
- sterilizing the exterior of the egg shell;
- and
- incubating the egg and hatching the egg to produce a laying bird.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.