scholarly journals Direct methods for determination of the egg shell strength

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ranko Koprivica ◽  
Biljana Veljković ◽  
Simeon Rakonjac ◽  
Miloš Božić ◽  
Vojislav Vujičić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laying Hens ◽  
Direct Method ◽  
Direct Methods ◽  
Free Fall ◽  
Average Weight ◽  
Static Compression ◽  
Puncture Force ◽  
Egg Shell ◽  
External Forces

During the manipulation of hen eggs from the farm to the consumer due to action of external forces and weak mechanical strength of shell, the eggs break. The goal of egg producers is to reduce losses when breaking eggs during the production and placement, and thus increase revenues. Each egg can be damaged by external forces whose values are greater than maximum strength of the egg shell. Direct and indirect methods are used to determine the quality of eggs and shell strength. By direct methods, strength of the shell can be determined on the basis of puncture force measurements, impact forces, quasi-static compression forces and free fall forces on a known surface. In our research, a device was constructed for the realization of experiment and a direct method for determining strength of eggs was applied on the basis of measured breaking force of the shell. The device for measuring strength of eggs by the direct method of puncture eggshell was constructed and applied at the Faculty of Technical Sciences and the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak. Class "M" hen eggs produced on the "Grbović" farm in the vicinity of Čačak were used in the research. The laying hens are a 41-week-old Isa Brown hybrid. During the research, physical characteristics of hen eggs were determined: length, width, index of shape and weight of eggs, as well as weight of the shell, share of the shell in the total mass of eggs, thickness and puncture force of the shell. The results of research show that the length of egg is 57.00 mm, width 44.59 mm with a coefficient of variation from 2.7 to 1.4%. The thickness of egg shell is on average 0.39 mm, in range from 0.377 to 0.416 mm. The share of shell is 10.54% of average weight of eggs (62.43 g). The quality of the tested eggs was quite uniform because the puncture force of egg shell ranged from 20.35 to 23.97 N. The research results are important for cage construction, design of egg collection equipment, design of egg packaging, and applicable in selection for obtaining new genotypes of laying hens with increased resistance to egg breaking.

scholarly journals The Effect of Age and Genotype on Quality of Eggs in Brown Egg‑Laying Hybrids

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Kraus ◽  
Lukáš Zita
Keyword(s):  
Laying Hens ◽  
Egg Quality ◽  
Shape Index ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Average Weight ◽  
Eggshell Thickness ◽  
External Quality ◽  
Technological Value ◽  
Effect Of Age

The aim was to assess the internal and external quality of consumer eggs of egg‑laying hens of two selected genotypes depending on their age. All of these hens were kept in enriched cages. There were compared eggs from Hy‑Line Brown and ISA Brown hens at the age from 36 to 64 weeks. In total, 3840 eggs from 300 hens were evaluated. Quality of eggs was determined by their technological value. Statistically significant interactions (P = 0.001) between age and genotype were found in all evaluated parameters except for the yolk colour (P = 0.044), whereas there was not found interaction (P = 0.072) between age and genotype in eggshell strength. The significant effect of hens’ age was found in all evaluated parameters, with the only exception of the yolk colour. The results showed that the average weight of eggs, eggshell, albumen and yolk increased with the age. Also the eggshell proportion, its colour and yolk index values ​​increased, whereas the egg shape index, eggshell thickness and strength, albumen proportion, Haugh units, the albumen and the yolk index decreased. Statistically significant effect of the genotype was found in all evaluated parameters except for the yolk index. When comparing both genotypes, the eggs from ISA Brown hens had a better quality. The trend of deteriorating egg quality with age was confirmed.

Nutritional and environmental factors involved in egg shell quality of laying hens

1992 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 781-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Grizzle ◽  
M. Iheanacho ◽  
A. Saxton ◽  
J. Broaden
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Laying Hens ◽  
Shell Quality ◽  
Egg Shell

scholarly journals Differences in oviposition and egg quality of various genotypes of laying hens

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (No. 9) ◽  
pp. 377-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Tůmová ◽  
J. Vlčková ◽  
D. Chodová
Keyword(s):  
Egg Production ◽  
Laying Hens ◽  
Egg Quality ◽  
Laying Hen ◽  
Sequence Length ◽  
Production Traits ◽  
Egg Weight ◽  
Egg Shell ◽  
Egg Components

The differences in egg production traits in six laying hen genotypes (brown-egg hens Bovans Brown, Bovans Sperwer, ISA Sussex; white-egg hen Dekalb White; laying hens with tinted shells Moravia Barred and Moravia BSL) and the interactions of genotype and oviposition on egg quality were evaluated. The genotype affected the laying rate (P ≤ 0.003), mean sequence length (P ≤ 0.001), and time of oviposition (P ≤ 0.001). The brown-egg genotypes laid eggs approximately 1 h earlier than the white-egg genotypes and approximately 2 h earlier than the tinted-egg genotypes. Egg shell strength was the lowest in tinted-egg genotypes (P ≤ 0.001) and declined with the time of oviposition (P ≤ 0.002). Egg shell percentage (P ≤ 0.011) and thickness (P ≤ 0.011) were affected by the interaction of genotype and oviposition. None of the effects affected egg weight; however, the proportion of egg components was significantly influenced by the interaction of genotype and oviposition. The study confirmed that the differences in the egg production and egg quality of various genotypes are associated with the laying pattern.

scholarly journals Performance and egg quality of laying hens fed with dietary levels of digestible lysine and threonine

2012 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 743-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.O Figueiredo ◽  
A.G Bertechini ◽  
E.J Fassani ◽  
P.B. Rodrigues ◽  
J.Á.G Brito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Egg Production ◽  
Laying Hens ◽  
Egg Quality ◽  
Experimental Unit ◽  
Egg Mass ◽  
Feed Conversion ◽  
Linear Effect ◽  
Randomized Experimental Design ◽  
Egg Shell

The present study was developed using 864 Hy-Line W36 laying hens (42 to 58 weeks of age) with a randomized experimental design in a 4x3 factorial arrangement, with five replicates and 12 birds per experimental unit and 4 evaluation periods of 28 days each. The digestible lysine levels studied were 0.675%, 0.743%, 0.811% and 0.879%, and the digestible threonine levels were 0.542%, 0.596% and 0.650%. The performance and egg quality was evaluated. There were no significant effects on the egg production, specific gravity, albumen and yolk percentage and total solids in albumen and yolk for birds submitted to the different dietary digestible lysine and threonine levels. There was significant interaction between these amino acids on the egg shell percentage and Haugh unit in fresh eggs. There was a decreasing linear effect on the feed intake with increase of digestible lysine level. Egg weight, egg mass and feed conversion demonstrated a quadratic effect with the increase of the digestible lysine level with the best results in the diets with 0.754, 0.772 and 0.795% of digestible lysine, respectively.

Supplementation of organic minerals and its effect on production performance and egg quality of laying hens

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-16
Keyword(s):  
Feed Intake ◽  
Egg Production ◽  
Laying Hens ◽  
Egg Quality ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Adaptation Period ◽  
Egg Shell ◽  
Organic Minerals

The present study was conducted to find the effect of different levels of organic minerals on egg production and egg quality of laying hens. A total of 45 laying hens were selected and divided into three groups with 3 replicates of 5 birds each. The control group was provided with commercial ration having inorganic minerals and the other two groups were supplemented with organic minerals at the rate of 7.5 (OM-50) and 15 mg/kg (OM-100). The experiment lasted for 5 weeks including 1 week of adaptation period. Overall feed intake was significantly higher (P<0.05) in the control. Significantly lower feed intake was recorded in group OM-100. Numerically lower (better) FCR was recorded in OM-100 at all recorded stages. Significantly (P<0.05) higher egg weight, egg shell weight and egg shell thickness was found in OM-100 compared to the control. Similarly, albumin height, Haugh unit and yolk weight were significantly (P<0.05) higher in M-100. It was concluded from the present results that organic minerals at the level of 50 and 100 mg/kg improved the performance and egg quality of laying hens. However, better results were found in OM-100.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PERENDAMAN TELUR MENGGUNAKAN LARUTAN DAUN KELOR TERHADAP KUALITAS INTERNAL TELUR AYAM RAS

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riawan Riawan ◽  
Riyanti Riyanti ◽  
Khaira Nova
Keyword(s):  
Laying Hens ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Average Weight ◽  
Egg Weight ◽  
Trust Level ◽  
Randomized Design ◽  
Completely Randomized Design ◽  
Haugh Unit

The purpose of this research was to find out interior quality of egg laying hens which immersion with moringa leaf solution and to find out the best moringa leaf solution.  This research carried out on August 14--September 13, 2016 housed in the Laboratory Animal Production and Reproduction, Department of Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Lampung.  The material of research used 72 eggs laying hens strain isa brown from layer of 60 weeks old with the average weight 63,0±1,51 gram and coefficient of variation 2,40%.  This research used a Completely Randomized Design with 4 treatments and 6 repetition.  The treatments of research consists of immersion egg used moringa leaf solution 0% (w/v), 10% (w/v), 20% (w/v), and 30% (w/v).  Analyzed data observation used variance with 5% trust level and continued with Least Significant Different test.  The result showed that immersion egg with moringa leaf solution significant effect (P<0,05) increase albumin index and the haugh unit, and not significant effect (P>0,05) to yolk index and percentage egg weight lo.  Concentration 30% of immersion moringa leaf solution to give the best treatment to interior quality of egg laying hens.                                 Keywords :  Albumin Index Moringa Leaf, Percentage Egg Weight Lost, Yolk Index, Haugh Unit.

scholarly journals Effect of using organic microminerals on performance and external quality of eggs of commercial laying hens at the end of laying

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 344-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mônica Patrícia Maciel ◽  
Edilson Paes Saraiva ◽  
Édina de Fátima Aguiar ◽  
Pedro Assunção Pimenta Ribeiro ◽  
Débora Pereira Passos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feed Intake ◽  
Egg Production ◽  
Laying Hens ◽  
Specific Weight ◽  
Experimental Unit ◽  
Food Conversion ◽  
Organic Form ◽  
External Quality ◽  
Egg Shell

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of using microminerals in organic form on the performance and quality of eggs from commercial laying hens at the end of laying. Four hundred and eighty Hisex strain hens, 72 to 80 weeks of age, were used. A randomized complete design was used, with six replications and 16 birds for each experimental unit. Five diets were evaluated: basal feed supplemented with all microminerals in inorganic form (control); basal feed supplemented with 50% microminerals zinc (Zn) + manganese (Mn) + copper (Cu) in organic form and 50% in inorganic form; basal feed supplemented with 50% zinc in organic form and 50% in inorganic form; basal feed supplemented with 50% manganese in organic form and 50% in inorganic form; and basal feed supplemented with 50% copper in organic form and 50% in inorganic form. There was no effect of diets on egg production, feed intake, food conversion and egg shell percentage and thickness. Birds fed basal feed supplemented only with zinc or manganese in organic form produced eggs with lower specific weight. The use of basal feed supplemented with copper in organic form has minimized egg loss. However, the best results (lower egg loss, higher specific weight and higher weight of eggs) were obtained with the basal feed supplemented with microminerals Zn + Mn + Cu in organic form and, therefore, it is recommended for feeding of commercial laying at the end of laying.

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