Surface irradiation of hatching eggs with nanosecond electron beam before incubation for stimulation

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10.2991/ispc-19.2019.108How to use a DOI?

Keywords

food radiation processing, chicken eggs incubation, electrons, bremsstrahlung, dosimetry

Abstract

A new and promising method of radiation processing of egg products is the use of a nanosecond electron beam (NEB) generated at URT accelerators. A limitation of the radiation treatment for hatching eggs is the need to protect embryonic cells during irradiation. The effect of ionizing radiation (IR) on the embryo shows that irradiation, even in a small dose (from 50 cGy), can lead to stochastic effects affecting the future chick. There is an alternative concept without the threshold action of ionizing radiation (no-threshold model), which allows concluding that there is a positive effect of low doses (the effect of hormesis). When processing the incubated chicken eggs with small doses, the effect of hormesis can lead to an increase in the percentage of growth rate of chickens and chicken carcass weight. According to the results of our research, a decrease in the period of breeding by 30% and an increase in the average weight of the chicken carcass by 2% in the group irradiated on URT-0.5 was found.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ruslan Vazirov
AU  - Sergey Sokovnin
AU  - Nina Musihina
AU  - Ksenia Moiseeva
PY  - 2019/06
DA  - 2019/06
TI  - Surface irradiation of hatching eggs with nanosecond electron beam before incubation for stimulation
BT  - Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Digital agriculture - development strategy” (ISPC 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 482
EP  - 485
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ispc-19.2019.108
DO  - 10.2991/ispc-19.2019.108
ID  - Vazirov2019/06
ER  -