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PRACTICAL METHODS OF ESTIMATING VOLUME AND FRESH WEIGHT OF BIRD EGGS

, 1979
Bird eggs begin to lose weight as soon as they are laid but their volume and linear dimensions do not change during incubation. The volume of an egg can be estimated within 2% from the relationship: Volume = 0.51.
D. F. Hoyt
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Eggs and Egg Products

2003
The eggs of various birds are consumed throughout the world; however, the discussion that follows in this chapter is regarding hen eggs. Eggs are a natural biological structure with shells offering protection for developing chick embryos. They have numerous functions in food systems and must be protected against becoming or offering contamination. Eggs
Elizabeth W. Christian, Vickie A. Vaclavik   +1 more
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An Air-Drying Method for Chromosome Preparations from Mouse Eggs

, 1966
The eggs, after being washed out from the genital tract, are put into hypotonic (1%) sodium citrate and left to stand at room temperature for 5–15 minutes.
A. Tarkowski
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Methylmercury is the predominant form of mercury in bird eggs: a synthesis.

Environmental Science and Technology, 2013
Bird eggs are commonly used in mercury monitoring programs to assess methylmercury contamination and toxicity to birds. However, only 6% of >200 studies investigating mercury in bird eggs have actually measured methylmercury concentrations in eggs ...
J. Ackerman, M. Herzog, S. Schwarzbach
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Eggs and egg products

2005
Useful testing for the microbiological safety and quality of egg products is discussed. Ingredient, in-process, environmental, shelf life and end product tests vary in relative importance for different product types. This chapter covers primary production, as well as shell, liquid, frozen, dried and cooked egg products.
R. B. Tompkin, Leon G.M. Gorris, J.-L. Cordier, T. A. Roberts{roJoint Chairman}, K. M. J. Swanson, J. I. Pitt{roJoint Chairman}, Lone Gram   +6 more
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The chicken or the egg? Perhaps the egg

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2008
Impairment in adult lung function has been associated with increased mortality for a wide range of diseases1 and increased morbidity including risk of chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD∥.2 Decrements in lung function have been linked to a number of factors including cigarette smoking, air pollution, lower respiratory tract infection and asthma
Malcolm R. Sears, Padmaja Subbarao
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Irradiation of eggs and egg products

The International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 1959
Abstract It has been known for some time that egg products may contain members of the Salmonella group capable of causing food poisoning, and the position has been rendered more serious by the recent discovery of S. paratyphi B in some of the samples of egg products imported into the United Kingdom.
J. Brooks, R.S. Hannan, Betty C. Hobbs
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Advances in the value of eggs and egg components for human health.

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2005
The avian egg is an important source of nutrients, containing all of the proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals, and growth factors required by the developing embryo, as well as a number of defense factors to protect against bacterial and viral infection ...
J. Kovacs-Nolan, M. Phillips, Y. Mine
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Male attractiveness and differential testosterone investment in zebra finch eggs.

Science, 1999
Good-genes hypotheses of sexual selection predict that offspring fathered by preferred males should have increased viability resulting from superior genetic quality.
D. Gil, J. Graves, N. Hazon, A. Wells
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Egg and egg product microbiology

2011
Egg and egg product ...
Baron, Florence, Jan, Sophie
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