Trials in the UK were conducted by National Bird of Prey Centre, The Wildfowl and Wetland Trust (WWT) at Slimbridge and large scale private raptor breeding centre. Each of these ...
Amazonshan 發表於 2011-5-3 20:16
做過測試,成功律有81%對 66%普通孵蛋機
it was based on your data or manufacturer company?
lb1lb1 發表於 2011-5-3 18:26
Field Trials
Trials in the UK were conducted by National Bird of Prey Centre, The Wildfowl and Wetland Trust (WWT) at Slimbridge and large scale private raptor breeding centre. Each of these centres artificially incubate significant numbers of large ‘wild’ species and are in an ideal position to make comparisons between the Contact Incubation prototypes and conventional incubators. Full analysis of the data is not yet complete but the initial results from the breeders involved has been very encouraging.
The WWT at Slimbridge performed A/B tests between Contact/Conventional incubation with a sample of 61 Chilean Flamingo eggs. They artificially incubated eggs before introducing them back to the parents when the eggs pipped.
81% of eggs incubated by contact hatched successfully against 66% in conventional machines.The proportion of chicks dying during hatch in the nest was also smaller for those eggs incubated by contact – 15% compared to 20% with conventionally incubated eggs. This suggests that the chicks incubated in the Contact Incubator were stronger than those from the conventional incubator.
These results support the idea that eggs hatch better when incubated by contact (C.I.T.) – further results and feedback from other test sites will follow.