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Method for determining the sex of an embryo in an egg

US10091974B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Benjamin Sewiolo · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Andreas Ziroff · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 17, 2014
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 2, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/24
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for determining, the sex of at least one embryo in an egg (12), in which the sex of the embryo is determined by means of at least one detection method which is noninvasive at least with regard to the egg (12), wherein at least one oestradiol value which characterizes the concentration of oestradiol in the egg (12) is determined by means of the noninvasive detection method and the sex is determined as a function of the oestradiol value.

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