The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of the administration of egg white hydrolysates on obesity-related disorders, with a focus on lipid metabolism, inflammation and oxidative stress, in Zucker fatty rats. Obese Zucker rats received water, pepsin egg white hydrolysate (750 mg/kg/day) or Rhizopus aminopeptidase egg white hydrolysate (750 mg/kg/day) for 12 weeks. Lean Zucker rats recei...

White (Lohmann LSL) and Brown (ATAK-S) laying hens, were reared under organic and conventional cage rearing systems, and the effects of the rearing system on performance parameters, egg production, egg characteristics, and immune response were investigated. For this purpose, a total of 832 laying hens of two commercial hybrids, i.e., 416 white (Lohmann LSL) and 416 Brown (ATAK-S) layers, were u...

OBJECTIVES Silver has long been known as a strong antimicrobial and disinfectant. Several types of nano-silver coated products have been developed. However, the antimicrobial and disinfectant characteristics of nano-silver have not been well studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of nano-silver on allergic inflammation in a mouse model. METHODS Female BALB/C mice were se...

The increase of food allergy in infants is one of the most severe problems for immediate solution in the developed countries. AIthough breast milk is considered to be the most appropriate food for infants nutritionally, immunologically, physiologically, and mentally, there are some reports that unfortunately suggest allergic sensitization via breast milk. Infants who had not taken any baby food...

Introduction Renewed interest in the safety of administering egg-containing immunizations to egg allergic children and adults (EA) was prominent during the recent global pandemic of the H1N1 Influenza A virus in 2009-2010. The H1N1 Influenza A vaccine (H1N1), like the seasonal Trivalent Influenza Vaccine (TIV) is grown on embryonated chicken eggs, leading to concerns that residual contamination...

dietitians (45%), and other health care providers (24%). Avoidance of all egg-containing products was recommended to 84%. A subset of the participants reported receiving conflicting advice; 39% reported that they were advised to avoid all egg traces, and 26% were advised that baked egg-containing foods were permitted. Of the 141 of 167 participants who were advised to avoid all egg products, 11...

INTRODUCTION Egg allergy is an adverse immune-system reaction of an IgE-mediated type, which can happen in children after egg intake and several times after their first egg intake. OBJECTIVES Compare the results of the oral egg-challenge test in two groups of egg-sensitised children, with and without prior intake. PATIENTS AND METHODS Retrospective study of two egg-sensitised groups (72 sub...

BACKGROUND Maternal dietary avoidance of egg has been recommended to treat egg allergy in breastfed infants. However, only one of three randomized controlled trials have produced evidence in favour of this recommendation. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to assess human milk ovalbumin (OVA) concentration after daily maternal ingestion of one cooked egg for 3 weeks. METHODS Mothers with egg-sensi...

Liquid chromatography has been used as a means of egg protein analysis or as a method for the purification of egg proteins. Several chromatographic methods, including gel permeation, ion-exchange, reversed-phase, hydrophobic interaction, and immobilized-ligand-affinity chromatography, have been carried out for the separation or the purification of egg yolk or egg white proteins. Ion-exchange ch...

The effect of moult on eggshell mechanical properties, on composition and concentrations of organic matrix components and on eggshell microstructure was investigated. The observed changes were studied to understand the role of organic matrix and eggshell microstructure in eggshell strength. Moult was induced by zinc oxide (20 g zinc/kg diet) in 53 ISA Brown laying hens at 78 weeks of age. No di...