The objective of this experiment was to study yolk pigmentation stability in omega 3 (ω-3) enriched eggs stored under different temperatures in zeaxanthin equivalent (by using visible light spectrophotometer) and visual score (with values obtained by yolk color fan) and to verify the correlation among those methodologies. Three hundred big eggs from Isa Brown hens were distributed into two lots each one containing 150 eggs, stored at room temperature (26.5ºC) or under refrigeration (7.9ºC) for 35 days. It was used […]

This experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of two vegetal oils sources, charcoal and vitamin E on performance and lipid levels in blood and eggs of commercial laying hens. It was used Lohman Brown and Lohman LSL laying hens at 58 weeks of age. The experiment lasted 84 days split in three 28-day periods and it was carried out in a complete random design in a split-plot scheme, in a 8 x 2 factorial scheme in the plots […]

This experiment was carried out to evaluate the influence of the linseed oil addition in replacement of soybean oil in laying hens diets on performance and internal and external egg quality. A total of 192 laying hens Bovans Godline line with 29 week-old, were distributed to six treatments, that consisted of a control diet (without vegetal oil) and of five diets containing 2% of linseed oil in replacement of 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% of soybean oil, generating levels […]

The effect of yolks from birds hipperimmunized birds against Escherichia coli (E. coli) pathogenic for swine on the passive immunity of newborn piglets in a producer unit of piglets was studied. It was evaluated ELISA optical density (OD) of antibodies against E. coli, body weight and the frequency of diarrhea (FcD) in 137 newborn piglets born from 25 primiparous gilts non-vaccinated against E. coli. The gilts were considered blocks. From each gilt, six piglets from both sexes were separated, excluded […]