Avian Egg Treatment Or Production Patents (Class 119/6.8)
  • Method for localizing allantoic fluid of avian eggs
    Patent number: 6176199
    Abstract: Methods of pooling or localizing the allantoic fluid present in avian shell eggs, so that the fluid may be sampled, assessed or injected, are described. The methods involve tilting the avian shell egg so that the major axis of the egg is from about 10 to 180 degrees from the vertically upright position, so that the allantois pools under the uppermost portion of the egg shell. The allantoic fluid may then be sampled, or a substance injected into the allantois, by a vertical needle or probe traveling in a downward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Embrex, Inc.
    Inventors: Ann K. Gore, Thomas Bryan