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We present a theoretical and experimental study of the fragmentation of closed thin shells made of a disordered brittle material. Experiments were performed on brown and white hen egg shells under two different loading conditions: impact with a hard wall and explosion by a combustible mixture. Both give rise to power law fragment size distributions. A three-dimensional discrete element model of...

The goal of this experiment was to investigating of effects of different levels of nano chromium (N-Cr) in diet on egg quality and blood chromium content of japanese quail. Two hundred and forty laying japanese quail (45 day old) were randomly distributed to 20 experimental unit with 12 birds in cage pens of 40 × 80 cm. Experimental treatments include: 1) control national research council (NRC,...

3. The microscopic structure of the egg envelopes is described. The egg is covered by three main envelopes: a hard, brittle exochorion built of seven distinct layers, two of which consist almost solely of calcium salts; a double-layered, membranous endochorion; a thin vitelline membrane. Layers of the chorion may be summarized as follows: (i) exochorion—tubercular layer, dark layer, lamellar me...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of storage and temperature on egg physical quality in Hyline chickens line. A total of 150 eggs from College of Natural Resources farm were sampled for the present experiment. About 70 eggs each were stored in home refrigerator (temperature, 7.46±0.23 ˚C; relative humidity, 24.80±0.05%) and room temperature (temperature, 22.98±1.12 ˚C; relative hu...

Received at: 16/5/2015 Accepted: 15/6/2015 Storage of table eggs in refrigeration is a popular habit but it may be lead to different degree of contamination with pathogens and increase the risks of illness in humans. A total of 75 chicken table eggs (grades II) were collected from 5 farms (15 of each) in Alexandria province and which were stored in refrigerator at 5 °C. The collected eggs were ...

Even though the laying hen industry in Kuwait is one of the most important animal industries, it covers only 55% of local egg consumption, and the remainder is imported resulting in increase in egg prices. In addition, a major problem that the egg industry is facing is the low quality of the eggshells, resulting in a large loss to the industry. Therefore, it is important to use a strain of layi...