• 한국가금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가금학회 2004년도 제21차 정기총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.53-68
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• 2004

Eggshell quality is one of the most important factors that influence hatchability. The porosity and overall quality of eggshell have a very significant effect on exchange of vital gas (carbon dioxide and oxygen) between the developing embryo and the air during incubation. Thin-shelled eggs showed the greater weight loss than do thick-shelled eggs. causing the chick to have difficulty in hatching. Thin-shelled eggs also have a much greater chance of being cracked during handling. On the other hand. thick-shelled eggs showed the higher hatchability as a result of greater fertility and lower intermediate and late embryonic mortalities. Even a small percentage improvement in the eggshell quality could result in significant saving to the breeder industry in an increasingly competitive environment. Many factors including nutrition. management practices, environmental conditions and breeding are known to be related to eggshell quality. In this review brief accounts of each factor associated with eggshell quality and hatchability were provided. We conducted three experiments to investigate the effects of dietary Ca. vitamin D3 metabolite and some bioactive materials on eggshell quality and hatching egg production. The results of our studies showed that relatively high levels of dietary Ca in combination with 25-hydroxycholecalciferol had beneficial effects on improving eggshell quality and reproductive performances in aged egg-type breeder hens. It was also suggested that the proper use of some feed additives such as isoflavon and chitosan might provide means of improving eggshell quality and reproductive performances in aged egg-type breeder hens.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.869-874
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• 2017

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation of various types of fermented red ginseng marc with red koji to laying hens on eggshell and egg yolk quality characteristics. A total of 240 Hy-line Brown laying hens (40 wk of age) were randomly allotted to 24 pens (6 replicates per treatment and 10 laying hens per replicate). Experimental diets consisted of 4 treatments containing basal diet (control), 1% fermented red ginseng marc powder with red koji, 1% fermented red ginseng marc pelleted with red koji and 1% fermented red ginseng marc coated with red koji. During the 8-wk feeding trial, there were no significant differences in eggshell strength, eggshell thickness and eggshell color among the treatments, except for eggshell strength at 4 and 8 wk and eggshell thickness at 0 wk. In addition, no differences in egg yolk color and egg yolk index were found for all treatments throughout the 8-wk feeding period, except for egg yolk color at 0 wk. Thus, using various types of fermented red ginseng marc with red koji to laying hens did not improve eggshell and egg yolk quality characteristics.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.217-224
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• 1992

The study was undertaken to determine the effect of dietary magnesium on the eggshell quality and other performance in laying Tsaiya ducks and Leghorn hens. Twenty-five Tsaiya ducks and 25 Leghorn hens were raised in individual cages. The basal diet was mainly consisted of corn starch and isolated soybean protein. At the beginning of the experiments, birds were fed for 10 days with the basal diet supplemented with 500 mg/kg Mg (1070 mg/kg in total by analysis) in order to allow the birds adapting to the new diet. Both Tsaiya ducks and Leghorn hens were then each randomly divided into five groups and each group of five birds were fed with the experimental diets containing 690, 1070, 1690, 2150 or 2380 mg/kg Mg, respectively for 21 days. Eggs were collected in order to measure eggshell quality, Mg and Ca content of the eggshell. At the end of the experiments, blood samples of all birds were taken from their brachial veins for measuring the concentration of Mg and Ca in the plasma. Experimental results appeared that the dietary Mg content did not significantly affect egg production, egg weight, eggshell breaking strength and thickness in both Tsaiya ducks and Leghorn hens. In Tsaiya ducks, however, the plasma Mg concentration was affected by the dietary Mg content, but the plasma Mg almost reached a plateau (4.66 mg/dl) as long as the dietary Mg level was over 1070 mg/kg. In Leghorn hens, the plasma Mg level was significantly increased from 1.66 mg/dl to 4.03 mg/dl when the dietary Mg content in the diet had been increased from 690 mg/kg to 2380 mg/kg, suggesting that the plasma Mg concentration seems to be directly influenced by the Mg absorbed in the intestine. In the Tsaiya ducks, however, the dietary Mg level did not significantly affect the eggshell Mg content (from 0.113% to 0.123%). Whereas, there was a negative correlation between the eggshell thickness and eggshell Mg content (r = -0.50, p<0.01), revealing that the increase in eggshell Mg content probably associated with the impairment of eggshell quality in Tsaiya ducks. In Leghorn hens, however, there was no significant correlation between eggshell quality and eggshell Mg content, although the Mg content in the eggshell was also increased from 0.279% to 0.427% when the dietary Mg had been elevated from 690 mg/kg to 2380 mg/kg.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.290-296
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• 2003

Tsaiya ducks and Leghorn hens are the two major laying birds raised in Taiwan. They are all excellent egg layers. Tsaiya ducks are small in body size (1.3 kg) with bigger egg weight (65 g) and stronger eggshell breaking strength than eggs from hens. The eggshell consists mainly of calcium carbonate, hence calcium plays an important role in the eggshell formation. Magnesium is also present in eggshell in small amounts, which may have effect on maintaining eggshell quality. In comparison studies, it was shown that the duck eggshells contained higher calcium and lower magnesium content than chicken eggshells. The eggshell magnesium content was not affected by the dietary magnesium levels (690-2380 ppm) in ducks, but in hens, it increased linearly with dietary magnesium levels. The palisade layer ($5000{\times}$) of the eggshell was found to have a compact form for ducks while there are many hallow vesicles in chicken eggshells. The eggshell magnesium deposition model is different for ducks and hens with ducks having a one-peak and hens having a two-peak model. The calcium deposition model is similar for both birds. Both the carbonic anhydrase specific activity and total activity in the shell gland mucosa of ducks are higher than those in hens. Ducks retain higher magnesium and lower calcium in the shell gland mucosa and secret less magnesium and more calcium into the shell gland lumen for eggshell deposition. The ATPase specific activity is maintained fairly constant during the eggshell forming stage, indicating continuous calcium transport into the shell gland lumen for eggshell formation. The magnesium content in duck eggshells is much lower than that in hens indicating that the magnesium content in the eggshell may have an effect on eggshell quality.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.715-722
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• 1996

To determine relationships of biochemical parameters involved in Ca metabolism with eggshell quality, serum Ca level, duodenal and uterine calcium binding protein (CaBP) and uterine carbonic anhydrase (CA) activities were measured using 102-week old hens. Three groups of chickens were selected, those showing high quality (HQ) and low quality (LQ) eggshells and non-laying activity (NE). NE hens exhibited significantly (p < 0.05) lower serum Ca levels than laying hens. HQ and LQ hens were not different in the Ca level, indicating that serum Ca level was not good indicator of hen's ability to produce different quality eggshells. Duodenal CaBPs was highest in HQ and lowest in NE (p < 0.10). Uterine CaBPs of LQ and NE were not different and lower significantly (p<0.10) than that of HQ, suggesting that CaBP played an important role in determining eggshell quality. Uterine CA activities of the three groups were significantly different (p < 0.01) ; highest in HQ and lowest in NE, suggesting intimate relationship between CA and Eggshell quality.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2022

계란의 내부 및 외부의 품질을 나타내는 요소들 사이의 상관 관계를 분석하여, 할란 검사를 통하지 않고도 계란 품질을 예측하는데 적합한 지표가 있는지 알아보기 위한 실험을 수행하였다. 케이지 계사에서 사육 중인 27주령의 하이라인 브라운 산란계 동일 계군이 같은 날에 산란한 180개의 계란을 수집하였다. 분석 항목으로는 호우유닛, 농후난백높이, 파각 강도, 난각 두께, 난각 색(CIE L^*, CIE a^*, CIE b^*, 반사율), 계란의 중량, 계란의 장경, 계란의 폭, 난형 지수 및 난황색 등 총 13가지의 지표를 조사하였다. 피어슨 상관 계수(r)를 이용하여, 각 품질 지표 사이의 선형 관계성을 평가하였다. 호우유닛과 농후난백높이, 난각색 CIE L^*값과 반사율, 그리고 계란 중량과 계란의 폭 사이에서 매우 강한 정의 상관 관계가 분석되었다(r=0.975, r=0.973, r=0.814, P<0.001). 계란의 중량과 계란의 장경, 난각색 CIE L^*값과 난각색 CIE a^*값, 난각색 CIE a^*값와 반사율, 그리고 난형 지수와 계란의 장경 사이에는 높은 상관 관계가 나타났다(r=0.703, r=-0.726, r=-0.681, r=-0.681, P<0.001). 난각의 파각 강도와 난각의 두께, 난각색 CIE a^*값과 난각색 CIE b^*, 난형 지수와 계란의 폭 사이에는 중간 정도의 상관 관계가 나타났다(r = 0.417, r = 0.590, r = 0.405, P<0.001). 난각색 CIE a^*값은 호우유닛, 농후난백높이와 약한 정의 상관 관계가 있었으며(r=0.217, r=0.202, P<0.01), 난각색 CIE L^*값과 파각 강도 사이에는 약한 부의 상관 관계가 나타났다(r=-0.236, P<0.01). 난각색 CIE b^*값은 난각 두께와 약한 부의 상관 관계를 보였고, 난각색 반사율은 파각 강도 및 난각 두께와 약한 부의 상관 관계에 있는 것으로 나타났다(r=-0.225, r=-0.249, r=-0.222, P<0.01). 그 외 나머지 품질 지표들 간의 상관성은 통계적으로 유의하지 않거나 관계가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 갈색란의 난각색은 반사율만으로 표현하는 것 보다, CIE L^*값, CIE a^*값과 CIE b^*값을 함께 적용했을 때 갈색의 정도를 더 구체적으로 표현한다. 결론적으로 본 연구를 바탕으로 갈색란의 난각색 CIE L^*a^*b^*값은 계란의 품질 지표인 호우유닛, 농후난백높이, 난각의 파각 강도와 두께를 간접적으로 예측하는데 사용할 수 있을 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2023

비타민 D3는 난각 형성에 필요한 칼슘의 흡수와 대사에 필수적일 뿐 아니라 칼슘과 인의 대사를 조절하여 뼈 건강에 필수적인 요소이며 건강한 면역체계를 유지하는 영양소이다. 계란과 관련된 비타민 D3에 관한 연구는 많이 이루어져 왔으나 산란계 농장에서 수행한 연구는 보고된 바가 거의 없다. 본 연구는 비타민 D3 강화계란을 생산하는 산란계 농가에서 생산되는 계란의 난각 품질과 계란 내 비타민 D3 함량을 분석하고자 농가 조사를 수행하였다. 산란계 4개 농가를 선정하여 16,500 IU 및 29,000 IU 함유한 사료 급여 전과 후에 계란을 수거하여 난각 품질과 계란내 비타민 D3 함량을 측정하였다. 분석 결과 비타민 D3 첨가는 난각두께를 개선하는 효과는 있었으나, 난각색과 난각강도에는 미치는 영향은 미미하였다. 산란계 사료내 비타민 D3를 첨가하면 계란 내 비타민 D3 함량이 증가하는 것으로 조사되었다. 결과적으로 산란계 농가에서 사료 내비타민 D3를 추가로 공급한다면 난각 품질의 개선과 비타민 D3 강화계란을 생산할 수 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 향후 더 많은 산란계 농가에서 사료와 계란 내 비타민 D3 함량에 대한 추가 조사를 진행한다면 계란 내 비타민 D3 함량을 추정할 수 있는 회귀식을 도출할 수 있을 것으로 사료되었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1804-1808
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• 2003

A layer experiment was conducted to determine the effects of supplementary methionine chelates (Cu, Zn and Mn), individual or in combination, on laying performance, eggshell quality, gizzard erosion, and IgG level of serum for 8 weeks. Five hundred 96-wk-old force molted ISA Brown layers were assigned to five dietary treatments. Basal diet was formulated to meet or exceed the nutrients requirements listed in NRC (1994). Five experimental diets were control, Zn-methionine chelate (Zn-Met) supplemented, Cumethionine chelate (Cu-Met) supplemented, Zn-Mn-methionine chelate (Zn-Mn-Met) supplemented and Zn-Mn-Cu-Met supplemented diet. Each treated diet was supplemented with respective mineral(s) at the level of 100 ppm in the form of methionine chelate. Egg production was increased by Cu-Met supplementation but decreased by Zn-Met supplementation. Egg weight was significantly (p<0.05) lower in Cu-Met treatment than those of the control and Zn-Met treatment. Specific gravity of eggs and eggshell strength were highest and soft egg production was lowest in Cu-Met treatment. Gizzard erosion index was significantly increased by supplementation of Cu-Met, Zn-Mn-Met or Zn-Mn-Cu-Met. Zinc content in liver significantly increased by Zn-Met, but not by Zn-Mn-Cu-Met treatment. In conclusion, 100 ppm Cu in Cu-Met chelate improved laying performance and eggshell quality but also increased gizzard erosion index. Supplementation of Zn-Met or its combination with other mineral chelates had no beneficial effects on laying performance and eggshell quality.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권10호
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• pp.1477-1482
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• 2016

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of diets with varying levels of calcium on egg production, shell quality and overall calcium status in aged laying hens. A total of five hundred 70-wk-old Hy-Line Brown layers were divided five groups and fed one of the five experimental diets with 3.5%, 3.8%, 4.1%, 4.4%, or 4.7% Ca, for 10 weeks. There were no significant differences in feed intake, egg production and egg weight among groups. The cracked eggs were linearly reduced as dietary Ca levels increased to 4.7% (p<0.01). A significant linear improvement for eggshell strength and thickness were determined with increasing dietary Ca levels (p<0.01). The contents of serum Ca and phosphorus were not affected by dietary Ca levels. With increase in dietary Ca levels, the tibial breaking strength slightly increased. There were no significant differences in the tibial contents of ash, Ca and phosphorus among groups. In conclusion, eggshell quality, as measured by appearance, strength and thickness of eggshell, were influenced by dietary Ca content as expected (p<0.05). These results suggested that aged laying hens require relatively higher level of Ca than required levels from current Korean feeding standards for poultry.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.609-624
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• 2013

The objective of this study was to get a comprehensive understanding of how genes in chicken shell gland modulate eggshell strength at the early stage of active calcification. Four 32-week old of purebred Xianju hens with consistent high or low shell breakage strength were grouped into two pairs. Using Affymetrix Chicken Array, a whole-transcriptome analysis was performed on hen's shell gland at 9 h post oviposition. Gene ontology enrichment analysis for differentially expressed (DE) transcripts was performed using the web-based GOEAST, and the validation of DE-transcripts was tested by qRT-PCR. 1,195 DE-transcripts, corresponding to 941 unique genes were identified in hens with strong eggshell compared to weak shell hens. According to gene ontology annotations, there are 77 DE-transcripts encoding ion transporters and secreted extracellular matrix proteins, and at least 26 DE-transcripts related to carbohydrate metabolism or post-translation glycosylation modification; furthermore, there are 88 signaling DE-transcripts. GO term enrichment analysis suggests that some DE-transcripts mediate reproductive hormones or neurotransmitters to affect eggshell quality through a complex suite of biophysical processes. These results reveal some candidate genes involved with eggshell strength at the early stage of active calcification which may facilitate our understanding of regulating mechanisms of eggshell quality.