Improved Hairline Crack Detector and Poor Shell-Quality Eggs

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-158
Author(s):  
K. C. Lawrence ◽  
D. R. Jones ◽  
S. C. Yoon ◽  
G. W. Heitschmidt ◽  
K. E. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Shell Quality ◽  
Crack Detector

Egg Shell Quality Assessment–Do We Need Multiple Records?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Wolc ◽  
Jesus Arango ◽  
Petek Settar ◽  
Neil P. O'Sullivan ◽  
Jack C. M. Dekkers
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Shell Quality ◽  
Egg Shell

scholarly journals Dual-Purpose Poultry in Organic Egg Production and Effects on Egg Quality Parameters

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 897
Author(s):  
Marianne Hammershøj ◽  
Gitte Hald Kristiansen ◽  
Sanna Steenfeldt
Keyword(s):  
Egg Production ◽  
Egg Quality ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Dual Purpose ◽  
Shell Quality ◽  
Egg Shell ◽  
Genotype A

Egg laying genotypes have been selected for generations due to their high yield and egg quality, resulting in efficient feed utilization and low body weight; hence, they are not suitable for meat production. This imposes an issue for the male layer chicks, which are killed at one day old. Because of ethical and food waste concerns, the search for suitable dual-purpose genotypes in order to avoid euthanasia of male day-old chicks has intensified. The aim of the present study is to evaluate potential dual-purpose genotypes for their egg quality compared to a representative egg laying genotype. Three dual-purpose genotypes with divergent characteristics were evaluated: genotype A represented an experimental crossbreed based on a broiler type male and an egg layer female, genotype B was a pure breed, and genotype C was a crossbreed of a layer type. These were compared to a control genotype D, which was an egg layer. Eggs were collected six times during the period of 21–54 weeks of hen age, i.e., a total of 1080 shell eggs were analyzed. Examined parameters were weights of egg, shell, yolk, and albumen, by calculating their relative proportions. Shell quality was assessed by shell strength, shell stiffness, and shell thickness. Yolk quality was determined as yolk color and inclusions of blood and meat spots, and albumen quality was evaluated in terms of pH and dry matter (DM) content. The egg layer genotype produced the smallest eggs with least blood and meat spot inclusions compared to that produced by the three dual-purpose genotypes. Shell quality was superior for the layer genotype. However, the experimental genotype A laid eggs of comparable shell quality, albumen DM, and yolk weight, but also with the darkest and most red-yellow colored yolk. The two other dual-purpose genotypes produced eggs of low-medium quality. In conclusion, the genotype A could serve as dual-purpose genotype from an egg quality perspective.

scholarly journals Shell Quality in Poultry as Seen From the Breeder’s Viewpoint

1977 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 1107-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.F. van TIJEN
Keyword(s):  
Shell Quality

HOW TO INCREASE OVER-EATEN HENS PRODUCTIVITY AND EGG SHELL QUALITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-54
Author(s):  
T.M. Okolelova ◽  
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S.V. Yengashev ◽  
S.A. Izmailova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shell Quality ◽  
Egg Shell

scholarly journals Effect of reduced pH on physiology and shell integrity of juvenile Haliotis iris (pāua) from New Zealand

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7670
Author(s):  
Vonda J. Cummings ◽  
Abigail M. Smith ◽  
Peter M. Marriott ◽  
Bryce A. Peebles ◽  
N. Jane Halliday
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Shell Quality ◽  
External Shell ◽  
Seawater Ph ◽  
Mollusc Species ◽  
Higher Temperature ◽  
Combination Of Methods ◽  
Carbonate Composition

The New Zealand pāua or black footed abalone, Haliotis iris, is one of many mollusc species at potential risk from ocean acidification and warming. To investigate possible impacts, juvenile pāua (~24 mm shell length) were grown for 4 months in seawater pH/pCO2 conditions projected for 2100. End of century seawater projections (pHT 7.66/pCO2 ~1,000 μatm) were contrasted with local ambient conditions (pHT 8.00/pCO2 ~400 μatm) at two typical temperatures (13 and 15 °C). We used a combination of methods (morphometric, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction) to investigate effects on juvenile survival and growth, as well as shell mineralogy and integrity. Lowered pH did not affect survival, growth rate or condition, but animals grew significantly faster at the higher temperature. Juvenile pāua were able to biomineralise their inner nacreous aragonite layer and their outer prismatic calcite layer under end-of-century pH conditions, at both temperatures, and carbonate composition was not affected. There was some thickening of the nacre layer in the newly deposited shell with reduced pH and also at the higher temperature. Most obvious was post-depositional alteration of the shell under lowered pH: the prismatic calcite layer was thinner, and there was greater etching of the external shell surface; this dissolution was greater at the higher temperature. These results demonstrate the importance of even a small (2 °C) difference in temperature on growth and shell characteristics, and on modifying the effects at lowered pH. Projected CO2-related changes may affect shell quality of this iconic New Zealand mollusc through etching (dissolution) and thinning, with potential implications for resilience to physical stresses such as predation and wave action.

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