The effects of L-carnitine supplementation (50-500 mg/kg diet) of a practical layer diet, based on maize, soyabean and wheat, on the performance of laying hens and some indices of egg quality were studied for 8 weeks, using 65-week-old hens kept in cages. Albumen quality (albumen height and Haugh (1937) unit score) was improved, while yolk index and yolk colour score were not affected by dietar...

the present research was conducted to analyze the genetic structure of egg quality traits in japanese quail. external and internal egg quality traits were assessed on 1706 eggs of laying japanese quail. eggs were collected for 4 days at the quaits 10 weeks of age. the investigated traits were analyzed through univariate as well as multivariate animal models employing restricted maximum likeliho...

The influence of calcium source (limestone and oyster shell) and particle size (<0.1 mm; 0.85 to 2 mm) on laying performance, egg quality, and bone properties were examined in laying ducks by a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. Longyan females (288) with similar BW at 24 wk of age were randomly allotted into 4 treatments, each with 6 replicates of 12 individually caged birds and studied...

Physical-mechanical properties of egg constituents and their modifications during storage and poststorage greatly influence the efficiency of food processing, such as the separation of white and yolk by mechanical shelling. Thick albumen height, Haugh unit, yolk index and vitelline membrane-yolk system strength of eggs from Hy-Line White and Lohmann Brown hens were analyzed during 7 mo of stora...

ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence including levels calcareous seaweed flour in replacement for calcite limestone on diet under egg conservation at different storage periods. 140 Japanese quails were used a completely randomized experiment consisting 4x4 factorial design. design was four inclusions (0%, 10%, 20%, and 30%) periods (zero, seven, 14, 21 days) with ten repl...

This study was carried out to analyze the impact of lines, egg shell colour and intraction between (Line ⁎ eggshell colours) on quality characteristics hatching parameters assess correlation these traits in three local quail eggs (desert, brown white). A total 409 were collected from female quails during 16 weeks divided into five groups basis spot for each line. The results revealed that there...

Viscosity values of albumen reported in the literature are difficult to compare because different shear rates and different methods of sample preparation have been adopted. Therefore, we first investigated the effect of shear rate on the viscosity measurements of thick albumen. For intact albumen, a large intersample fluctuation in viscosity with increasing shear rate was observed. Furthermore,...

The layer poultry is an important activity for food production with high biological value. Measuring egg quality has great relevance to ensure safety and products consumers. Thus, the objective was evaluate physical of four laying hen’s strains. Were used 864 eggs from hens’ lines (Hisex Brown®, Hy-Line Isa Label®, Lohmann Brown®). experimental design completely randomized composed treatments (...

In birds albumen represents a substantial part of the reserve material for their embryological development (Romanoff & Romanoff, 1949). In Gallus gallus albumen proteins form 50 % of non-incubated egg protein content (Romanoff & Romanoff, 1949). During incubation such material is absorbed and utilized, to a great extent, for the synthesis of embryonal proteins (Fiske & Boyden, 1926; Rupe & Farm...