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Poultry egg quality
Egg quality defines those characteristics of an egg that affect consumer acceptability and preference. Components of quality include shell quality and interior egg quality for shell eggs, and interior egg quality for further processed eggs. The quality of the egg once it is laid cannot be improved. Hence, its maintenance is mostly a preventive process. Egg quality is influenced by several factors including rearing, temperature, humidity, handling, storage, and egg age. Shell quality: There are five major classes of shell defects: integrity, texture, shape, color, and cleanliness. Internal egg quality involves functional, aesthetic and microbiological properties of the egg yolk and albumen. The proportions of components for fresh egg are 32% yolk, 58% albumen and 10% shell. Regarding exterior egg quality, the shell of each egg should be smooth, clean and free of cracks. The eggs should be uniform in colour, size and shape.
Salmonella bacteria, which can cause potentially fatal food poisoning, were detected in more than 26 percent of egg-producing farms surveyed by the Japan Poultry Association (JPA).
Although the figure is on par with the 20-30 percent estimated average in the European Union, questions remain about the infection rate in Japan.
Not only was the JPA's salmonella survey the first conducted on a nationwide scale, it also covered less than 6 percent of the layer farms in the country.
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Adding carrageenans to egg white ovalbumin improves the gelling ability of the egg protein and could spark a "great interest using liquid egg as gelling agents", says research from Spain.
Carrageenan, a popular hydrocolloid used for texture and viscosity in food products, is a gum extracted from seaweed, largely sourced from the Philippines and Indonesia.
A strong pull in global carrageenan stocks, impacted by an increase in demand from China's booming processed food industry, has led to...
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A new breed of hen which can produce eggs with extra-hard shells has been developed by scientists in Scotland. Experts at the Roslin Institute - where Dolly the cloned sheep was created - say they have devised a way of selectively breeding hens to produce eggs with toughened shells.
They claim the development will save the UK's poultry industry £17 million per year in damaged eggs. The scientists have been working with colleagues at Glasgow Veterinary School and Leuven University in Belgium...
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In tropical and subtropical countries, the layers are subjected to important heat stress. This heat stress can occur during long periods. The lower feed intake noticed during these periods is the result of the bird’s reduced ability to lose heat. Pullets and laying hens should maintain their body temperature...
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The future challenges facing the UK egg industry was the focus of the annual Temperton Fellowship for poultry research. Peter Challands, Andrew Jorêt and David Tromans presented the 14th Temperton Fellowship Report on June 12th at Butchers Hall, London.
Their report, entitled The Challenges Facing the UK Egg Industry, looked at how the sector has adapted to the challenges it faces and the changes that have to be made to meet consumer needs.
Commenting on the paper, Challands, Jorêt and...
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Still recuperating from losses suffered in the aftermath of the bird-flu scare, poultry farmers in Goa are facing further crisis due to a sharp decline in egg prices which has led them to demand compensation as given to their Maharashtra counterparts.
The Goan poultry farmers have appealed to the state Animal Husbandry Minister Fransisco Pacheco in this regard, Phillip Valadares, President, Goa zone, National Egg Coordination Committee, told PTI.
"The Goa government should compensate...
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With bird flu and mad cow disease fueling food scares across the region, companies are plugging "safe" alternatives such as liquid eggs and ostrich meat to tempt health-conscious consumers.
With bird flu and mad cow disease fueling food scares across the region, companies are plugging "safe" alternatives such as liquid eggs and ostrich meat to tempt health-conscious consumers.
The products appear alongside other niche foods, including halal dim sum, at Asia's top international food and...
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Embrex Inc., The In Ovo Company, today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) granted Embrex's Inovocox coccidiosis vaccine for poultry a Veterinary Biological Product License which allows the Company to market and sell the product in the United States. Simultaneously, the USDA granted a Veterinary Biologics Establishment License to Embrex Poultry Health LLC, the Company's manufacturing subsidiary based in Scotland County, North Carolina, where the new vaccine will be...
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Embrex Inc., The In Ovo Company, announced today that Randall L. Marcuson, president and chief executive officer, will make a presentation at the SEINVEST 2006 Institutional Investor Conference, an invitation-only conference being held on Thursday, April 6, 2006, at the Washington-Duke Inn in Durham, NC.
Embrex's presentation will be web cast live at approximately 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. EDT. It can be accessed on the Internet via the company's web site by clicking on the investor relations...
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Because of the threat of a pandemic flu, possibly from avian influenza, authorities world wide are increasing their stocks of flu vaccine. Today’s flu vaccines are developed in fertile chicken eggs. The eggshell is cracked, and the influenza virus is injected into the fluid surrounding the embryo.
The egg is resealed, the embryo becomes infected, and the resulting virus is then harvested, purified and used to produce the vaccine. Because of the large demand of flu vaccines, there is a...
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Embrex, Inc., The In Ovo Company(R), (Nasdaq: EMBX) today announced Andrea Sinclair, D.V.M., was named Field Veterinarian for the United States and Canada. Effectively immediately, she will report to Ron Bryant, Vice President of North American and Latin American sales and service operations.
Dr. Sinclair received both her doctorate in veterinary medicine and her Bachelor of Science degree in Poultry Science from North Carolina State University. She received a Master's of Avian...
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In layers there are impacted oviduct problems coming regularly after 30 weeks of age and they are not responding to treatments. ...
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