Studies on Egg Quality: II Seasonal Variations in Yolk Color

Studies on the Egg Yolk Agglutinating Factors in Boar Semen

The author and his co-workers have found out that, when the diluents including egg yolk for freezing of boar spermatozoa were used, egg yolk agglutinated immediately after the dilution and most of the spermatozoa were enclosed into the agglutinated masses and their motility was drastically suppressed. On the other hand, by using skim milk-diluent widely used for storing liquid boar semen at 15°...

Variations in the composition of egg-yolk pigment.

Gillam & Heilbron (1935) in a study of the effects of feeding maize and grass on the composition of yolk pigment have shown that xanthophyll is the principal pigment of egg yolk, although cryptoxanthin and B-carotene are also present, the former sometimes in amounts that contribute appreciably to the total vitamin A activity of the yolk. In view of this, the extent of the variations in the cryp...

Studies on Egg Drop Syndrome in Iran

The Effect of Red Pepper (Capsicum annuum) and Marigold Flower (Tageteserectus) Powder on Egg Production, Egg Yolk Color and Some Blood Metabolites of Laying Hens

An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of using different levels of Red Pepper powder (RP) and Marigold flower powder (MF) on egg production, egg yolk color andsome blood metabolites in laying hens. Ninety, 103-weeks old laying hens were divided into 5 treatments groups of 6 birds in each cage with 3 replicates in a completely randomized design. The birds were fed a corn-soybean...

Seasonal variations in the color statistics of natural images.

We examined how the distribution of colors in natural images varies as the seasons change. Images of natural outdoor scenes were acquired at locations in the Western Ghats, India, during monsoon and winter seasons and in the Sierra Nevada, USA, from spring to fall. The images were recorded with an RGB digital camera calibrated to yield estimates of the L, M, and S cone excitations and chromatic...