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  • Title: Water balance in incubating turkey eggs.
    Author: Christensen VL, Bagley LG.
    Journal: Poult Sci; 1987 Nov; 66(11):1835-40. PubMed ID: 3447141.
    Abstract:
    The eggshell water vapor conductance capable of maintaining constant water content in incubating turkey eggs was determined for three different egg weight classifications. Metabolism of the developing turkey embryos was altered by increasing or decreasing eggshell permeability. Eggshell permeability accommodated metabolic water in large eggs very well. Both relative poult weights and relative water content of embryos in large eggs at the plateau stage in oxygen consumption decreased or increased allometrically to the permeability treatment. However, among small and medium eggs, if eggshell permeability was increased, relative poult weights at hatching were much less than expected. This occurred despite the fact that relative water content of the eggs at 25 days of incubation was not similarly affected. The data suggest a biological asynchrony for egg size, metabolism, and water content of turkey eggs.
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