Reproduction of Japanese quail after microwave irradiation (2.45 GHz CW) during embryogeny

✍ Scribed by Dr. R. P. Gildersleeve; M. J. Galvin; D. I. McRee; J. P. Thaxton; C. R. Parkhurst

• Book ID: 102758852
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 882 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0197-8462
• DOI: 10.1002/bem.2250080103

✦ Synopsis

Japanese quail (Cotunix coturnix juponicu) embryos were irradiated continuously in ovo with 2.45-GHz continuous wave radiation during the first 12 days of embryogenesis at an incident power of 5 mW/cmz and a specific absorption rate of 4.03 mW/g. The internal temperature of irradiated and nonirradiated (sham) eggs was 37.5 i 0.3 "C, which is the optimum temperature for incubating quail eggs. At 35 days after hatching irradiated and sham-irradiated males were paired with irradiated or sham-irradiated females and daily records of reproductive performance were collected through 224 days of age. Progeny were hatched from each of the male-female pairs, and progeny reproductive performance was measured from 35 through 168 days of age. Hatchability was not affected by irradiation during embryogeny . Mortality after hatching, egg production, egg weight, fertility, hatchability of eggs produced, and reproductive performance of the progeny were not affected by irradiation during embryogeny . These observations indicate that irradiation of quail embryos with low-level microwave radiation does not affect the reproductive capacity of the hatchlings or of progeny produced from quail irradiated during incubation.