INNOVATIVE METHOD OF PRE-INCUBATION SELECTION OF QUAIL EGGS

Abstract

Artificial incubation of poultry eggs is the first and most important link in the technology of production of poultry products. An important role is played by preincubation selection of eggs, which makes it possible to increase the efficiency of incubation. Quails have a number of biological characteristics, among which the unique quality of their
eggs distinguishes. Porphyrins and their derivatives are widely studied in medicine. Some porphyrin derivatives are of great interest in terms of the cancer treatment. Thus, dimegin, which has a high affinity for cancer cells, selectively photosensitizes them. Due to this, subsequent effect of laser radiation leads to reduction in tumor tissue. Porphyrins have characteristic absorption spectra: the position and intensity of absorption maxima are determined by electronic transitions in the porphyrin macrocycle. Porphyrins are characterized by the most
intense absorption band of about 400 nm. It has been established that ultraviolet irradiation of quail eggs with a wavelength of 365 nm causes the effect of shell luminescence. Visual selection of eggs based on the brightness of the shell and their incubation helps reduce the time of embryogenesis and increase the hatching of young birds. However, the visual evaluation of shell glow depends on the experience and color perception of an operator. It is subjective and not entirely accurate. The developed method for selecting quail eggs according to the degree of shell luminescence with the following computer processing increases the objectivity and accuracy of pre-incubation selection by this parameter. As a result of experimental studies with the use of computer processing of images, which were obtained under ultraviolet irradiation, some differences in the study groups were identified. The results in the hatching of young birds and the hatchability of eggs in the group during computer evaluation were higher by 6-7%, in comparison with a visual evaluation of the degree of luminescence of the surface
layer of quail eggs when they were irradiated with ultraviolet light. The resulting colour scale can give an accurate understanding of the colour of the emitted flux when eggs are irradiated.