In-ovo sexing

<p>In <a href="/facts/Poultry_farming/kPvAqgeV">poultry farming</a>, in-ovo sexing is a <a href="/facts/Chick_sexing/DKPBVAM4">chick sexing</a> method carried out while <a href="/facts/Bird/RJF6zwLP">chicks</a> are still <a href="/facts/In_ovo/X8Lebv6r">in ovo</a> (<a href="/facts/Latin/pM3Kge85">Latin</a> for "inside the <a href="/facts/Egg/KyMSx9v4">egg</a>"). There are various methods to determine a chick's sex in the 21-day <a href="/facts/Incubation_period/cqSwpKPk">incubation period</a> before it <a href="/facts/Oviparity/oSgSIVHY">hatches</a>.
</p><p>In-ovo sexing technology has branched into two categories, DNA based and Image based. The first technology to be successfully commercially introduced for <a href="/facts/Poultry_farming/kPvAqgeV">poultry farming</a> was bio-marker detection through the Dutch–German company <a href="https://www.seleggt.com/">Seleggt</a> in November 2018. Meanwhile, the image based in-ovo sexing technologies have been introduced to the market by the German start-up <a href="https://orbem.ai/">Orbem</a> and AAT, a subsidiary of the <a href="/facts/EW_Group/66TBXGB7">EW Group</a>.
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In-ovo sexing