Tomato cultivation and industrial processing produce a considerable amount of tomato pomace, peels, and seeds, which are difficult to handle. These by-products contain a variety of minerals and bioactive substances, and may thus be further valorised, generating additional revenue for processing...

The aim of the study was to assess the influence of shell defects on the quality of eggs after storage. The study material consisted of 1,800 brown-shelled eggs from cage rearing system which were candled on the day of laying to determine the shell quality. Eggs with the 6 most common shell defects ...

In this study, a label-free and double signal Au modified dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles (DMSNs/Au) tag modified electrochemical immunosensor were developed and applied for simultaneously detecting ovalbumin from egg white and casein from milk that are likely to exist in ancient wall...

This study analyzed the internal and external quality traits of eggs derived from hens of different breeds, including Silkie, Sultan, Cochin Bantam, Brahma and White Leghorn. The highest mean weight was noted for eggs originating from the White Leghorns breed, and the lowest was for eggs from the...

The objective of the current experiment was to investigate the effects of dietary organic or inorganic iron (Fe) concentrations on productive performance, egg quality, blood measurements, and tissue Fe concentrations in aged laying hens. A total of three hundred fifty 60-week-old Hy-Line Brown...

Prolonging the laying cycle of hens is an effective way to improve the utilization rate of resources, which can bring huge economic and environmental benefits, and it is of great significance to the development of laying hens industry. Nowadays, the main problem of prolonging the laying cycle is...

This study was conducted to determine the effect of ursolic acid (UA) at different ratios (0, 0.5, 1 and 1.5%) supplementation into high-energy laying hen diet on performance, egg quality parameters, serum lipid profile, some liver enzymes and liver fat ratio.A total of 120 Lohman LSL laying hens,...

Feed industrialists have always been in search of alternative, highly nutritive and low-cost feed ingredients. Being energy enriched entity, crude glycerine, a co-product of biodiesel industry, has become a focus point for feed formulators. Day by day increasing trend of using this peculiar...

As a lipophilic tetraterpene compound, carotenoids have many biological functions, such as enhancing immune function, antioxidation, anti-inflammatory, maintaining visual function and so on. In addition, carotenoids are widely used in food and feed additives, and are one of the essential nutrients...

Egg production is the most important commercial attribute of layer hens since it has a direct impact on the efficiency of the poultry industry. This research aimed to study the age at first egg (AFE), egg number (EN), egg quality, and some plasma hormones within the period from the start of laying...