Engineering Properties of Japanese quail Eggs in Different Levels of Dietary Calcium
Journal Title: Journal of Agricultural Machinery - Year 2020, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
The eggshell of birds, as a natural shield and package, protects the tissues inside it from microbial and mechanical damages. Proper intake of calcium, as an important and effective factor in increasing the strength and quality of the eggshell, could reduce complications. In this paper, the effect of dietary calcium at five different levels on engineering features of Japanese quail eggs in a in their first laying period was investigated. The values for an average of mass, volume, specific mass, shell thickness, major diameter, central diameter and rupture force along the longitudinal and transverse axes were measured. Rupture energy or toughness, slope of the rupture curve (hardness), deformation along the longitudinal and transverse axis to the point of rupture as well as longitudinal and transverse deformation of 450 tested quail eggs (3 period of time, 5 treatment of calcium, 5 replication, 6 observation) were measured. The characters of the specific mass, shell thickness, rupture force, and slope of the rupture curve of quail eggs indicate the strength of quail egg. In this study, variations in all parameters indicating shell strength at different levels of dietary calcium were consistent with each other. Five different treatments with 1.5%, 2%, 2.5%, 3%, and 3.5% calcium content were supplied for the study. By increasing the calcium content of the quail diet from 1.5 to 3 wt%, the volume and weight of quail eggs dropped and shell thickness was reinforced. According to the results, the shell strength of quail eggs along the transverse axis was slightly less than the longitudinal axis, but the flexibility and energy required for quail egg rupture were much greater across the longitudinal axis.
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M. H. Aghkhani,M. Baghani,
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.22067/jam.v10i1.73027
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