Influence of Housing System on Egg Weight and Shell Physical Quality Indicators of Laying Hens Eggs
In this experiment the effects of different housing systems on physical indicators of egg yolk and egg albumen quality of table eggs were studied. Hens of laying hybrid Lohmann Brown Lite were housed in two different housing systems, in enriched cage or on floor housing system. In both systems, the...
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| author | Henrieta Arpášová Peter Haščík Cyril Hrnčár Marie Hamadová Martin Fik Stanislav Murdzik |
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| description | In this experiment the effects of different housing systems on physical indicators of egg yolk and egg albumen quality
of table eggs were studied. Hens of laying hybrid Lohmann Brown Lite were housed in two different housing systems,
in enriched cage or on floor housing system. In both systems, the hens were kept under standard bioclimatic conditions.
Eggs (n = 1080) were collected from the first phase of the laying cycle, at monthly intervals, at the age of laying hens
30-42 weeks. Egg weight (g), egg specific weight (g.cm-3), egg shape index (%), eggshell weight (g), eggshell
percentage (%), and average eggshell thickness (µm) were evaluated.
In the indicators of the whole egg quality was statistically significantly higher (P<0.001) the average weight of eggs
produced by laying hens kept in enriched cage (66.3 ± 3.6) mean ± SD in comparison with the eggs from laying hens
housed on litter (64.3 ± 4.0) mean ± SD. Similarly, in eggshell quality indicators (weight, proportion, average
thickness) there were significantly higher differences in favor of the eggs from caged breeding. The values of the
average egg shell thickness (µm) in the order of groups (392 ± 24.6; 377 ± 24.3) (mean ± SD). The results obtained
show that the eggs from caged breeding achieved better results in more quality indicators compared to the eggs from
litter breeding. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-70d4f5d1e5e243b79313eefeb747d0732024-04-11T04:04:13ZengAgroprint TimisoaraScientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies1841-93642344-45762023-09-01541179179741Influence of Housing System on Egg Weight and Shell Physical Quality Indicators of Laying Hens EggsHenrieta Arpášová0Peter Haščík1Cyril Hrnčár2Marie Hamadová3Martin Fik4Stanislav Murdzik5Department of Small Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak RepublicDepartment of Technology and Quality of Animal Products, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak RepublicDepartment of Small Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak RepublicDepartment of Small Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak RepublicDepartment of Small Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak RepublicDepartment of Small Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak RepublicIn this experiment the effects of different housing systems on physical indicators of egg yolk and egg albumen quality of table eggs were studied. Hens of laying hybrid Lohmann Brown Lite were housed in two different housing systems, in enriched cage or on floor housing system. In both systems, the hens were kept under standard bioclimatic conditions. Eggs (n = 1080) were collected from the first phase of the laying cycle, at monthly intervals, at the age of laying hens 30-42 weeks. Egg weight (g), egg specific weight (g.cm-3), egg shape index (%), eggshell weight (g), eggshell percentage (%), and average eggshell thickness (µm) were evaluated. In the indicators of the whole egg quality was statistically significantly higher (P<0.001) the average weight of eggs produced by laying hens kept in enriched cage (66.3 ± 3.6) mean ± SD in comparison with the eggs from laying hens housed on litter (64.3 ± 4.0) mean ± SD. Similarly, in eggshell quality indicators (weight, proportion, average thickness) there were significantly higher differences in favor of the eggs from caged breeding. The values of the average egg shell thickness (µm) in the order of groups (392 ± 24.6; 377 ± 24.3) (mean ± SD). The results obtained show that the eggs from caged breeding achieved better results in more quality indicators compared to the eggs from litter breeding.https://spasb.ro/index.php/public_html/article/view/741laying hensegg weighteggshell qualityenriched cage housing systemfloor housing system |
| spellingShingle | Henrieta Arpášová Peter Haščík Cyril Hrnčár Marie Hamadová Martin Fik Stanislav Murdzik Influence of Housing System on Egg Weight and Shell Physical Quality Indicators of Laying Hens Eggs Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies laying hens egg weight eggshell quality enriched cage housing system floor housing system |
| title | Influence of Housing System on Egg Weight and Shell Physical Quality Indicators of Laying Hens Eggs |
| title_full | Influence of Housing System on Egg Weight and Shell Physical Quality Indicators of Laying Hens Eggs |
| title_fullStr | Influence of Housing System on Egg Weight and Shell Physical Quality Indicators of Laying Hens Eggs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influence of Housing System on Egg Weight and Shell Physical Quality Indicators of Laying Hens Eggs |
| title_short | Influence of Housing System on Egg Weight and Shell Physical Quality Indicators of Laying Hens Eggs |
| title_sort | influence of housing system on egg weight and shell physical quality indicators of laying hens eggs |
| topic | laying hens egg weight eggshell quality enriched cage housing system floor housing system |
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