Browsing Research Articles (Production Animal Studies) by Subject "Egg"

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A model by which to estimate the volume of Nile crocodile eggs after they have hatched

Nothling, Johan Oliviette; Nothling, Johan Oliviette; Myburgh, Jan G. (AOSIS, 2019)

The value of their leather stimulates commercial farming with several crocodilian species. The survival and growth of crocodile hatchlings depends on their birth mass. There exists a positive relationship between the ...
Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) : egg mass relative to egg component mass in unbanded and fertile eggs

Brown, Geoffrey James; Forbes, Patricia B.C.; Myburgh, Jan G.; Nothling, Johan Oliviette (Elsevier, 2019-04)

Crocodylus niloticus eggs are a useful starting point to study reproduction in this species. Using samples collected from a single farm during a single breeding season, the present research aimed to describe and compare ...
Polygamous farmed Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) : foetal membranes tell the story

Nothling, Johan Oliviette; Nothling, Johan Antowan; Myburgh, Jan G.; Harper, Cindy Kim (AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-11-06)

Multiple paternity in crocodilian broods would increase effective population size and slow down the loss of genetic variation due to inbreeding and random genetic drift in real populations. Multiple paternity may also ...

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