During incubation, an embryo is developing in the egg for a period of 21 days. During the incubation process air exchange occurs between the egg and its external environment during which it loses humidity due to water diffusion through the shell. This loss in humidity can affect chicks’ quality and, …

In light of recent developments of the onboard ballast water treatment, WMR has developed a new protocol for the assessment of ecotoxicological effects and aims to use it as a standardised test. This study looks into the validation of this short-chronic ELS fish toxicity test, by use of the embryonic …

Door de komst van OPU/ICSI is het voor de hengstenhouder moeilijk geworden om geld per embryo, dracht of veulen te ontvangen van het verkochte sperma. Mede dankzij OPU/ICSI kunnen er meerdere embryo’s, drachten en veulens ontstaan van één portie sperma. De veulenregistratie is echter niet wereldwijd …

Introduction: Subfertility is a growing problem in The Netherlands. Assisted reproductive techniques (ART) are applied to aid subfertile couples conceiving. The EmbryoScope is a novel incubator, used in ART, to cultivate embryos under optimal conditions. The EmbryoScope provides time lapse images, which …