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Poultry Science, 2023 : Eggshell is a crucial indicator of egg quality. Pimpled eggs (PE) a type of eggshell defect are characterized by low eggshell strength, leading to substantial financial losses.
Lina Song +6 more
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Molecular and morphological analyses of avian eggshell excavated from a late thirteenth century earth oven [PDF]
, 2011 Using ancient DNA (aDNA) extracted from eggshell of the extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) we determined the species composition and number of eggs found in a late thirteenth century earth oven feature at Wairau Bar (South Island, New Zealand) - one of
Holdaway, R.N. +21 more
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Polymorphisms in Ion Transport Genes Are Associated with Eggshell Mechanical Property. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Eggshell mechanical property traits such as eggshell breaking strength (ESS), eggshell thickness (EST) and eggshell weight (ESW) are most common and important indexes to evaluate eggshell quality in poultry industry.
Zhongyi Duan +7 more
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Eggshell appearance does not signal maternal corticosterone exposure in Japanese quail: an experimental study with brown-spotted eggs [PDF]
, 2013 Reproduction is a critical period for birds as they have to cope with many stressful events. One consequence of an acute exposure to stress is the release of corticosterone, the avian stress hormone.
Ivan Mikšík (492331) +31 more
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Myostatin Mutation in Japanese Quail Increased Egg Size but Reduced Eggshell Thickness and Strength
Animals, 2021 Recently developed myostatin (MSTN) mutant quail and chickens demonstrated similar effects of MSTN on muscle and fat developments between avian and mammalian species.
Joonbum Lee +8 more
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Poultry Science, 2021 : This study investigated the effects of dietary chloride (Cl) reduction on laying performance and eggshell quality by substitution of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) or sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) for part of dietary sodium chloride (NaCl), and further explored
Yu Fu +5 more
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The Effect of Eggshell Quality on Hatchability of Pure Chicken Breeds
Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2023 Hatchability is affected by a variety of factors. Eggshell quality plays very important role among these factors. In this work we analysed eggshell quality, hatchability and embryonic mortality of pure chicken breeds New Hampshire, Oravka, Plymouth Rock,
Cyril Hrnčár +2 more
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The effect of breed and age on the gloss of chicken eggshells
Poultry Science, 2020 The monitoring of eggshell quality is important mainly in terms of production economy. Eggshell appearance is one of the most characteristics, influencing the purchasing behavior of consumers.
Quanlin Li +7 more
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Response of three laying hen genotypes to two feed calcium levels
Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2019 The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of two dietary Ca levels (3.00% vs 3.50%) in three hen genotypes (ISA Brown, Bovans Brown and Moravia BSL) on their laying performance and quality of their eggs.
Mohamed Ketta +2 more
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Animals, 2020 The objective of this study was to evaluate hen performance and eggshell quality response to genotype, housing system, and feed calcium (Ca) level. For this purpose, an experiment was conducted on 360 laying hens of ISA Brown, Bovans Brown (commercial ...
Mohamed Ketta +3 more
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