Sanitizing Hatching Eggs with Essential Oils: Avian and Microbiological Safety

Increased meat and egg production leads to concomitant changes in poultry practices, including the indiscriminate use of formaldehyde sanitize hatching eggs. Although this sanitizer aids increase production, its toxic potential for man avian embryos represents an obstacle long-term use. This review assesses whether essential oils fit into context contamination, reviewing their antimicrobial efficiency, toxicity chicks, sanitizing effects on parameters. Studies have indicated that, because they are safer, most studied can be a substitute minimizing microbial exposure eggs embryos. However, complementary studies microbiological profile chicks hatched from sanitized with need carried out economic feasibility candidate products should also considered.