Vitamin D deficiency is a significant public health issue in the UK with almost one five adults having poor vitamin status and most people failing to meet Reference Nutrient Intake of 10 µg/day. There an urgent need address population through development food-based strategies. Eggs can be enriched manipulating content hens’ feed. The Sunshine project was launched 2015 Innovate funding brought t...

Vitamin D3 is an essential nutrient which plays important role in calcium metabolism for eggshell formation, and phosphorus bone mineralization, maintaining host immunity. Although there have been a great deal of studies investigating the vitamin quality contents eggs, no attempts made to monitor eggs at farm level. Thus, this survey was conducted measure laid from laying hens fed diets contain...

Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungal species that usually contaminate foods and feeds. Their lipophilic properties allow them to persist in the fat tissues of animals ingest them, representing a risk for consumers because their toxicity carcinogenicity. Apart from humans, there more susceptible mycotoxin actions, such as avian ones. This report describes case laying hen...

The role of selenium (Se) in human health and diseases has been discussed in detail in several recent reviews, with the main conclusion being that selenium deficiency is recognised as a global problem which urgently needs resolution. Since selenium content in plant-based food depends on its availability from soil, the level of this element in food and feeds varies among regions. In general, egg...

The appropriateness of the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique to analyze consumers’ acceptance of eggs was assessed for the first time and compared with the traditional 9-point hedonic scale. In addition, the relative importance of egg attributes (egg type: regular, free-range, enriched with omega-3; egg size: small, medium, large; origin: local, regional, other Spanish origin; and pr...

The objective of this study was to compare the performance, egg quality, and microbial contamination of egg shells from hens maintained in different housing systems, such as conventional and enriched cages, litter, and aviaries. The housing system significantly (P < 0.001) influenced the performance characteristics. The highest egg production, lowest daily feed consumption, and feed conversion ...

The supplementation of different ω-6/ω-3 ratio to the diets laying hens has been studied evaluate effects on performance, egg quality, health indices, fatty acid profiles, and immune response. One-hundred twenty, 50-weeks-old were divided into three groups fed with polyunsaturated acids (PUFA) at ratio: 16.7:1, 9.3:1, 5.5:1, respectively. Each group contained eight replicates five hens. Hens di...