Topics:
Animal Refresher, Poultry Science
Egg Within an Egg Condition
An egg within egg condition is due to:
- Double yolk egg
- Calcium deficiency in diet
- Reverse peristalsis of oviduct — Correct Answer
- Feeding of cotton seed cake
Explanation:
Correct Answer: Reverse peristalsis of oviduct
The egg-within-an-egg condition occurs due to reverse peristalsis of the oviduct. In this condition, a fully formed egg is pushed backward (anti-peristalsis) into the upper oviduct, where it becomes engulfed by another developing egg, resulting in an egg inside another egg.
Other Abnormal Egg Conditions
- Double yolk egg: Two ova released simultaneously or one ovum pushed back when another ovulates.
- Soft shell: Calcium deficiency.
- Off-coloured egg / Discoloured yolk: Feeding of cottonseed cake (contains gossypol pigment).
- Blood spot: Haemorrhage in ovary/infundibulum (yolk) or magnum (albumin).
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