TY  - JOUR
TT  - Determination of some external and internal quality traits of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) eggs on the basis of eggshell colour and spot colour
AU  - Alaşahan, Sema
AU  - Çopur Akpınar, Gülşen
AU  - Canoğulları, Sibel
AU  - Baylan, Mikail
PY  - 2015
DA  - December
JF  - Eurasian Journal of Veterinary Sciences
JO  - Eurasian J Vet Sci
PB  - Selçuk Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1309-6958
SP  - 235
EP  - 241
VL  - 31
IS  - 4
KW  - Bıldırcın
KW  - kabuk ve benek rengi
KW  - dış ve iç kalite
N2  - Aim: In this study was aimed to determining internal and external quality of quail eggs with different eggshell colour, spot colour and spottiness.Material and Methods: In this study, daily collected 318 eggs were used. The treatment groups were classified as those with very large brown spots on greyish white eggshell colour (I), black spots of varying size on greyish white eggshell colour (II), large brown spots on brown eggshell colour (III), widely distributed brown spots on brown eggshell colour (IV), and blue spots of varying size on greyish white eggshell colour (V). The eggs were individually numbered. External quality characteristics were identified before egg broken out. After eggs were broken out, long and short diameter of albumen, albumen height, yolk diameter and yolk height were evaluated. Results: The differences for value of eggshell percentage and shell index between groups were statistically significant (P<0.01). The differences for albumen index, yolk index and Haugh unit between groups were significant (P<0.01, P<0. 001). Conclusion: It may be expressed that eggshell colour and spot colour in quail eggs are significantly affected egg quailty characteristics like eggshell percentage, shell eggs index, albumen index, yolk index and haugh unit.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/eurasianjvetsci/issue//262008
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/228528
ER  -