Effects of Strain and Storage Period on some Quality Characteristics of Chicken Eggs.
Keywords:
Egg quality traits, Isa brown, albumin pH, storage period
Abstract
This study was carried out to determine the effects of strain and storage period on egg quality traits of exotic chickens. A total of three hundred and ninety (390) eggs were collected from three different strains of laying birds (Isa Brown, Amberlin Dekalb and Bovan nera black) reared in a reputable integrated farm in Jigawa state. All eggs were individually evaluated for egg quality traits after storage for 7, 14, 21 and 28 days. External (Egg weight, length, width, shape index, shell thickness and weight, and percentage shell) and internal (albumen height, length, width, index, pH, yolk height, length, width, index and pH, albumen-yolk pH and Haugh unit) egg parameters were measured. Isa brown had significantly (P<0.001) higher values for egg weight, length, width, shell weight, shape index and Haugh unit than Bovan Nera black and Amberlin dekalb strains, while Bovan nera had significantly (P<0.001) higher values for (albumen length, index, yolk length, width and yolk index). Storage at day 28 had more deteriorative effect than that of days 0, 7 and 14. It was concluded that Isa brown strain had better egg quality characteristics than Bovan Nera black and Amberlin dekalb strains, and storage duration for eggs should be limited to a maximum of 14 days (2 weeks) in order to maintain its quality for consumption.
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Scholtyseek, S. (1981). The influence of the age of chicken eggs and of pasteurization on the quality and shelf life of liquid whole eggs. in Quality of eggs. Proceedings of the 1st European Sympossium, Spelderholt. Inst. Poult. Res., Beekbergen. The Netherlands, 48 - 51.
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Tebesi. T. Medibela. O. R and Morekiji (2012). Effects of storage time on internal and external characteristics of Guinea fowl eggs. Journal of Animal Science Advances. 6:534-542
Vits, A. (2005). Production, egg quality, bone strength, claw length and keel bone deformities of laying hens housed in furnished cages with different group sizes. Poultry Science, 84(10): 1511 – 1519.
Walsh, T. J., Rizk, R. E. and Brake, J. (1995). Effects of temperature and carbon dioxide on albumen characteristics, weight loss and early embryonic mortality of long stored hatching eggs.
Wong, L., Hettiarachchy, N. S., Ju, Z. Y., Wang, H., Slavik M. F. and Janes M. E. (1996). Edible film coating to minimize eggshell breakage and reduce post-wash bacterial contamination measured by dye penetration in eggs. Journal of Food Science 67: 280 - 284.
Akyurek, H. and Okur, A. A. (2009). Effect of storage time, temperature and hen age on egg quality in free-range layer hens. Journal of Animal Veterinary 8: 1953-1958.
Altan, O., Oguz, I. and Akbas, Y. (1998). Effects of selection for high body weight and age of hen on egg characteristics in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 22:467-473.
Anderson, K. E., Tharrington, J. B., Curtis, P. A. and Jones, F. T. (2004). Shell characteristics of eggs from historic strains of single comb White Leghorn Chicken and the relationship of egg shape of shell strength. International Journal of poultry Science 3:17-19.
Ayorinde, K. L., (1990). Physical and chemical characteristics of the eggs of four indigenous Guinea fowls in Nigeria. Nigeria Journal of Animal Production 14:125-128.
Bain, M. 2005. A reinterpretation of eggshell strength. In Egg and Eggshell Quality. Solomon, S.E. (Ed.). UK, Wolfe Publishing. 9: 131-141.
Bayer, J.R., and Balch, V.D. (2000) A study of the organic material on hen’s eggshell. Biochemistry Journal 82: 352-361.
Belitz f. A, Michelfelder A.J. Soy (2013): A Complete Source of Protein. Am. Fam. Phys. Journal. 79:43–47.
Buss and Guyer. (2009). Quality and composition characteristics of layers’ hens as affecting by bird age. XI European symposium on the quality of eggs and egg products, pp: 214-219.
Chowdhury, S. D. (1987). Effects of feeding steolathyrogens to laying fowl (Gallus domestics) with particular reference to egg shell and membrane quality. Ph.D. Thesis, University of London, UK
Dudusola I.O. (2009). Effects of Storage Methods and Length of Storage on some Quality Parameters of Japanese quail Eggs. Tropicultura 27: 45-4.
Duncan, D. B. (1955). Multiple Range and F test. Biometrics, 11:1-42.
Finkler MS, Orman JBV and Southerland PR. (1998). Experimental manipulation of egg quality in chickens: Influence of albumen and yolk on the size and body composition of near term embryos in a precocial bird. Journal of Comparative Physiology 168: 17–24
Funk, E. M. 1948. The relation of the yolk-index determined in natural position to the yolk index as determined after separating the yolk from the albumen. Poultry Science 27:367.
Gilbert, A. B., Peddie, J., Teadue, P. W. and Mitchell, G. G. (1978). The effect of delaying the onset of laying in pullets with a low calcium diet on subsequent egg production. British Poultry Science 27:367.
Gilbert, A. B., Peddie, J., Teadue, P. W. and Mitchell, G. G. (1978). The effect of delaying the onset of laying in pullets with a low calcium diet on subsequent egg production. British Poultry Science 19: 21-24.
Goodwin, T. L., Wilson, M. L. and Stadelman, W. J. (1962). Effects of oiling time, storage position, and storage time on the condition of shell eggs. Poultry Science Journal 41: 840-844.
Halaj, M. and Golian, J. (2011). Tables egg characteristics. Nitra: Germond, pp. 37-62 (in Slovak).
Halaj, M. and Grofik, R. (1994). The relationship between egg shell strength and hens features. In Zivocisna vyroba, Vol. 39, pp. 927-934.
Haugh, R.R. (1937) the haugh unit for measuring egg quality. US Egg Poultry. Magazine. 43: 5222-555.
Ihekoronye, A. T. and Ngoddy P. O. (1985). Integrated food science technology for the tropics. Macmillan press Ltd. London.
Isidahomen, C. E., Njidda, A. A. and Adeniji, A. A. (2013). The effect of genotype on internal and external egg quality traits, egg proximate composition and lipid profile characteristics of three strains of layer turkeys. International Journal of Agriculture and Biosciences 3(2): 65 – 69.
Isikwenu, J.O., Okaplefe, C.S. and Mmereole, F.U. (1999) Storability of chicken eggs under Different storage conditions. Proceedings of the 26th annual Nigeria Society for Animal Production Conference, 21-25 March, 1999, Ilorin.
Jacob, J.P., Miles, R.D. and Mather, F.B. (2000). Egg quality. Institute of Food and Agricultural Science Extension, University of Florida. Ps24EDIS Website at http://edis.ifas.edu.lP15020
Jayasena, D. D., Hewa, W., Cyril and Cheorun, J. 2012. Evaluation of Egg Quality Traits in the wholesale market in Sri Lanka during the Storage Period. Journal of Animal Science and Technology 54 (3) :209 – 217.
Jin, Y. H., Lee, K. T., Lee, W. I., Han, Y. K. (2011): Effects of storage temperature and time on the quality of eggs from laying hens at peak production. Asian-Australian Journal of Animal Science 24:279-284.
Kejela, Y., Banerjee, S. and taye, M. (2019). Some internal and external egg quality characteristics of local and exotic chickens reared in Yirgalem and Hawassa towns, Ethiopia. International Journal of Livestock Production 10(5):135-142.
Khan, M. J. A., Khan, S.H., Bukhsh, A., and Amin, A. (2014). The effect of storage time on egg quality and hatchability characteristics of Rhode Island. Veterinary Archive 84 (3),291- 303.
Kumar, J., Achrarya, R.M and Aggarwal, C.K. 1971. Collection and evaluation of native fowl germ plasma: study on egg quality in Desi, Rhode Island Red and their reciprocal crosses. Indian Journal of Animal Science 41:381-385.
Lall, K. and Moss, C.W. (2004). Effect of storage and preservation methods on egg quality traits. M.Sc. thesis: pg.: 35-37
Menezes, P.C., Cavalcanti, V.F.T., Lima, E.R. 2009. Aspectosprodutivos e econômicosde poedeirascomerciaissubmetidas a diferentesdensidades de alojamento. Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia 38(11): 2224-2229.
Nebiyu, Y. A. (2016). Assessment of urban poultry production practices in Addis Ababa with emphasis on egg production, product marketing, feed quality and waste management. PhD Dissertation, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. P. 174.
Ojo, D.K., (2010). Studies on soybean seed quality and longevity improvement in the humid tropics. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
Okeudo, N. J., Onwuchekwa, C. I. and Okoli. (2003). Effect of oil treatment and length of storage on the internal quality. Organoleptic attributes and microbial properties of chicken eggs. Tropical Animal Production Investigations, 6:63-70.
Pandey, P. C. (1996). Shape and texture. In Textbook on Egg and Poultry Technology. pp: 57.
Pelicia, K., Garcia, E. A., Faitarone, A. B. G., Silva, A. P., Berto, D. A., Molino, A. B. and Vercese, F. (2009). Calcium and Available Phosphorus levels for Laying Hens in Second Production Cycle. Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science 11(1):39-49.
Raji, A. O., Aliyu, J., Igwebuike, J. U and Chiroma, S. (2009). Effect of storage methods and time on egg quality traits of laying hens in hot dry climate. ARPN Journal of Agriculture and Biological Science 4: 1 – 7.
Rath, P. K., Mishra, P. K., Mallick, B. K. and Behura, N. C. (2015). Evaluation of different egg quality traits and interpretation of their mode of inheritance in white leghorns. Veterinary World 8(4): 449– 452.
Rhim, J.W., Weller, C.L. &Gennadios, A. (2004). Effects of soy protein coating on shell strength and quality of shell eggs. Food Science and Biotechnology 13, 455–459.
Samli, H. E., Agma, A. and Senkoylu, N. (2005) Effects of storage time and temperature on egg quality in old laying hens. Journal of Applied Poultry Research 14: 548-553.
Scholtyseek, S. (1981). The influence of the age of chicken eggs and of pasteurization on the quality and shelf life of liquid whole eggs. in Quality of eggs. Proceedings of the 1st European Sympossium, Spelderholt. Inst. Poult. Res., Beekbergen. The Netherlands, 48 - 51.
Scott, T.A. and Silverslides, F.G. (2000) The effect of storage and strain of hen on egg quality. Poultry Science 79: 1725-1729.
Shi, S. R., Wang, K. H., Dou, T. C. and Yang, H. M. (2009). Egg weight affects some quality traits of chicken eggs. Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment 7(2): 432 –434.
Simon, P.C.M. (1971) Ultrastructure of the hen eggshell and its physiological interpretation: Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation, Wagningen, the Netherlands,
Song, K.T., Choi, S.H. and Oh, H.R. (2000). A comparison of egg quality of pheasant, chukar, quail and guinea fowl. Asian-Australian Journal of Animal Science 13: 986-990.
Stadelman, W.J. (1995). Quality identification of shell egg. In W.J. Stadelman and O.J. Cotterill (Eds.), Egg science and technology (5th ed., pp. 29–40). New York: Food Products Press, The Haworth Press Inc.
Tabidi M H 2011 Impact of storage period and quality on composition of table egg. Advanced Environmental Biology 5:856-861.
Tebesi. T. Medibela. O. R and Morekiji (2012). Effects of storage time on internal and external characteristics of Guinea fowl eggs. Journal of Animal Science Advances. 6:534-542
Vits, A. (2005). Production, egg quality, bone strength, claw length and keel bone deformities of laying hens housed in furnished cages with different group sizes. Poultry Science, 84(10): 1511 – 1519.
Walsh, T. J., Rizk, R. E. and Brake, J. (1995). Effects of temperature and carbon dioxide on albumen characteristics, weight loss and early embryonic mortality of long stored hatching eggs.
Wong, L., Hettiarachchy, N. S., Ju, Z. Y., Wang, H., Slavik M. F. and Janes M. E. (1996). Edible film coating to minimize eggshell breakage and reduce post-wash bacterial contamination measured by dye penetration in eggs. Journal of Food Science 67: 280 - 284.
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2020-07-06
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Ibrahim, A. A., Abare, M. Y., Salisu, I. B., & Abdulkarim, A. (2020). Effects of Strain and Storage Period on some Quality Characteristics of Chicken Eggs. Nigerian Journal of Animal Science and Technology (NJAST), 3(2), 52 - 65. Retrieved from http://www.njast.com.ng/index.php/home/article/view/78
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