Journal of Animal Science and Technology

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Effect of Age of Laying Hens and Grade of Egg Shell Abnormality on Internal Egg Quality

산란계 주령과 계란 난각 형태이상 정도가 내부품질에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Heui-Soo (Korea Institute for Animal Products Quality Evaluation) ;
  • Kim, Sun-Man (Korea Institute for Animal Products Quality Evaluation) ;
  • Noh, Jae-Jung (Korea Institute for Animal Products Quality Evaluation) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Ik (Korea Institute for Animal Products Quality Evaluation) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-Jung (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Jo, Cheo-Run (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University)
  • 김희수 (축산물품질평가원 대전충남지원) ;
  • 김선만 (축산물품질평가원 대전충남지원) ;
  • 노재중 (축산물품질평가원 대전충남지원) ;
  • 이재익 (축산물품질평가원 대전충남지원) ;
  • 이현정 (충남대학교 동물자원생명과학과) ;
  • 조철훈 (충남대학교 동물자원생명과학과)
  • Received : 2012.01.03
  • Accepted : 2012.02.20
  • Published : 2012.02.29
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Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the effects of age of laying hens and grade of shell abnormality on internal egg quality. At each week, 1,000 eggs were randomly selected from 21,000 eggs laid by Hy-Line hens (100,000 birds) aged from 56 to 62 wk. The samples were divided into normal and externally abnormal eggs by an official egg grader. Then, egg quality including egg weight, egg white height, Haugh unit and yolk color was evaluated from each normal and abnormal eggs. The production rate of externally normal and abnormal eggs was 81.22 and 18.78%, respectively. No difference found in the production rate by the increase of hen's age, but Haugh unit of eggs from hens of 60-wk-old was higher (p<0.05) than that of 56-wk-old. When the same age groups were compared, egg white height and Haugh unit were lower in eggs which were externally abnormal. When the grade of abnormality increased, egg white height and Haugh unit were decreased further (p<0.05). Among the externally abnormal eggs, malformation showed the lowest Haugh unit. In conclusion, the shell abnormality of eggs laid by hens aged 56 to 62 wk was closely related with internal egg quality. Therefore, the grading external egg quality in the present egg grading system is directly related with the internal egg freshness.

본 연구는 산란계의 주령 및 난각의 형태이상 및 이상 정도가 내부품질에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위해 실시되었다. 동일 주령의 산란계 2계군에서 56주령부터 62주령 사이에 산란한 계란 21,000개 중 각 주별 1,000개를 무작위 추출하여 축산물품질평가사가 정상란과 형태 이상란을 구분하였다. 각각의 출현율과 할란검사를 실시하여 내부품질을 조사한 결과 전체적으로 정상란은 81.22%, 이상란은 18.78%의 출현율을 보였다. 주령의 증가에 따른 이상란의 출현율은 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았으며(p>0.05), Haugh unit은 60주령이 56주령에 비해 높게 나타났으며 그 외에는 차이가 없었다. 동일 주령대를 비교했을 경우 난백고와 Haugh unit은 형태 이상란이 낮고 또한 이상의 정도가 심한 경우 더 낮게 측정되는 결과를 보였다(p<0.05). 특히 이상란 중 기형란의 난고와 Haugh unit이 현저하게 낮은 결과를 보여 이상란 중에서도 기형란이 내부 품질이 가장 낮게 판명되었다. 결과를 종합해 보면 56~62주령 산란계로부터 생산된 계란의 외형적 이상은 내부품질의 저하와 밀접하게 상관한다고 볼 수 있으며, 현 계란 등급판정 체계에서 외관판정은 신선도 평가에 근거가 될 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

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