Journal
ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 1160-1169Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/1828051X.2022.2101390
Keywords
Oil combination; egg quality sustainability; sensory attributes; lipid profile; supplementation
Funding
- Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [RG-1-155-43]
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The study aimed to investigate the effects of different dietary oil supplementations and storage conditions on egg quality and sensory attributes. The results showed that dietary oil supplementation did not significantly affect egg quality parameters, but feeding 3% corn oil and 2% fish oil improved eggshell quality. In addition, the parameters of the stored eggs were generally lower compared to the fresh eggs.
The aim of this study is to investigate the responses of egg quality, sensory attributes and lipid profile of eggs and blood serum to different combinations of dietary oil supplementations and storage conditions. Thus, laying hens aged 25 weeks were assigned to six experimental groups and fed different diets for 14 weeks. The group fed an unsupplemented diet served as control, while the other five treatment groups consumed the same basal diet supplemented with 5% corn oil, 5% linseed oil, 2% corn oil + 3% linseed oil, 3% corn oil + 2% fish oil and 3% linseed oil + 2% fish oil, respectively. After 10 weeks, 36 eggs were collected from each experimental group and divided into three sets of 12 eggs to compare the quality of fresh eggs with those obtained after 21 days of storage at 23 degrees C and 5 degrees C. In addition, 20 untrained panellists evaluated the sensory characteristics of fresh eggs. Except for shell thickness, shell percentage and shell weight per unit of surface area (SWUSA), the supplementation of oil did not affect the egg quality parameters. The eggs laid by hens fed 3% corn oil and 2% fish oil had the highest quality shells, while the eggs from the control group had the best albumen colour, flavour and general acceptance. However, only shell percentage and shape index were unaffected by storage conditions, while all other parameters were significantly lower in eggs stored at 23 degrees C for 21 days. Although dietary oil supplementation did not significantly improve egg quality, feeding 3% corn oil and 2% fish oil improved eggshell quality, which declined with increasing storage temperature/period.
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