Trans-shell infection by pathogenic micro-organisms reduces the shelf life of non-incubated bird's eggs: A constraint on the onset of incubation?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1530, 2003, Pages 2233-2240

  Cook, Mark I ^a   Beissinger, Steven R ^a   Toranzos, Gary A ^b   Rodriguez, Roberto A ^b   Arendt, Wayne J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Egg viability; Incubation behaviour; Saprophytic micro organism; Trans shell transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG; INCUBATION; LAYING DATE; TEMPERATURE; VIABILITY;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HATCHING; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 0242637155     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2508     Document Type: Article

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