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Traits of Eggshells and Shell Membranes of Translucent Eggs MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION Traits of eggshells and shell membranes of translucent eggs De-He Wang,∗ Ya-Jie Li,∗ Long Liu,† Jing-Shou Liu,∗ Man Bao,‡ Ning Yang,∗ Hou Zhuo-Cheng,∗ and Zhong-Hua Ning∗,1 ∗National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; †Department of Animal Science and Technology, YIangzhou University, Jiangsu, 225009, China; and ‡Department of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Gelderland, 338, 6700, Netherlands ABSTRACT Translucent eggshells negatively affect and White Leghorn pure line (WLL) for assessment of the appearance of eggs and decrease their economic eggshell ultrastructure and membrane traits. We chose value. Translocation and accumulation of water from 120 translucent and 120 opaque eggs from 3,500 DWL the contents to the shells of eggs are frequent occur- eggs and 125 translucent and 125 opaque eggs from rences. Causes of translucent eggshell formation have 5,028 WLL eggs. The results are as follows: (1) translu- been investigated, but the primary reason is uncertain. cent eggs had greater eggshell strength and lower ul- In previous studies, scientists have found that the thick- timate failure stress of shell membrane than opaque ness of the eggshell membrane was significantly dif- eggs in both DWL and WLL groups, (2) translucent ferent between translucent and opaque eggs. However, eggs had thicker shells and thinner shell membranes there are some conflicts among studies. We performed than opaque eggs in DWL, (3) no significant differ- 2 experiments with 3 breeding flocks of chickens to tar- ences were found in either gas pore or bubble pore get the reasons for egg translucence. In experiment 1, traits between translucent and opaque eggs in either eggs of 1,024 Brown-Egg Dwarf Layers (DWL) were line, and (4) no significant differences were detected used. Approximately 1,600 eggs were collected over 2 in internal egg quality or weight loss between translu- consecutive days. They were stored for 3 days, and cent and opaque eggs in either line. In summary, the then 120 translucent and 120 opaque eggs were se- present study suggests that variations in both eggshells lected for measurement of egg quality traits and weight and shell membrane structures are implicated in the loss over several weeks. In experiment 2, we used DWL formation of translucent eggs. Key words: translucent eggshell, eggshell strength, shell membrane, ultimate failure stress, pore 2017 Poultry Science 96:351–358 http://dx.doi.org/10.3382/ps/pew328 INTRODUCTION type A and type B mammillary bodies, have been reported (Solomon, 1991; Chousalkar et al., 2010). Eggshell translucence is a result of the transfer of Though eggshells have pores that may provide adequate moisture from the egg’s contents through the shell space for visible moisture accumulation, no significant membrane and its accumulation in the eggshell, lead- difference exists in pore distribution between translu- ing to increased transmission of light (Solomon, 1991); a cent and opaque eggshells, according to previous stud- translucent shell can be easily penetrated by Salmonella ies (Nie, 2013; Ray and Roberts, 2013). An eggshell (Chousalkar et al., 2010). membrane is a biopolymer network (Torres et al., 2010) Previous studies have focused on variations in and is composed of randomly oriented individual fibers eggshell strength, shell thickness, and the structure of (Bellairs and Boyde, 1969). Among membrane fibers, the shell mammillary layer. No differences have been there are a large number of meshes, resulting in shell found in either eggshell thickness or eggshell strength membrane porosity of about 52 percent (Chousalkar between translucent and opaque eggshells (Holst et al., et al., 2010). In recent years, research has shown that 1932; Nie, 2013). Additionally, no significant statis- translucent eggshells have membranes that are signifi- tical differences in eggshell ultrastructure variations, cantly thinner (Liu et al., 2007; Nie, 2013) than those such as size of mammillary cones and quantity of of opaque eggs. Even though studies have been conducted to dis- cover the differences between translucent eggs and C 2016 Poultry Science Association Inc. Received February 1, 2016. opaque eggs, the primary reasons for translucence re- Accepted August 7, 2016. main uncertain. As there are many factors that poten- 1Corresponding author: [email protected] tially affect eggshell translucence, very precise control 351 352 WANG ET AL. of within-group variation is necessary for probing these factors to determine the differences between translu- cent eggs and opaque eggs. In this study, we system- atically measured physical traits of eggshells and shell membranes in both translucent and opaque eggs to ex- plore the relationship of translucence with eggshell and eggshell membrane traits. MATERIALS AND METHODS We designed 2 experiments, using a sufficient num- ber of eggs from a single flock of chickens per breeding line to minimize within-group variations and to focus on Figure 1. Translucent egg (left) and opaque egg (right) used in the eggshell qualities and membrane characteristics. Exper- experiment. iment 1 investigated the general differences in egg qual- ity measurements between translucent eggs and opaque Egg quality traits include egg weight (EW), eggshell eggs in a single line. Experiment 2 aimed to confirm color (ESC), eggshell strength (ESS), eggshell thick- the results of the first experiment and to measure ad- ness (EST), eggshell weight (ESW), yolk color (YC), ditional physical traits in translucent and opaque eggs yolk weight (YW), yolk ratio (YR), albumen height of 2 lines of chickens. Protocols were approved by the (AH), haugh unit (HU), and egg shape index (ESI). Animal Care and Use Committee of China Agricultural EW, ESW, and YW were measured with an electronic University (permit number: SYXK 2007-0023). balance with an accuracy of 0.1 g within a range of 0 to 500 g. ESC was the average of 3 different shell ar- eas (blunt end, middle end, and sharp end) measured Experiment 1 with a portable spectrophotometer (CM-2600d, Kon- Hens A pure line of Brown-Egg Dwarf Layers ica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, Japan). ESS was measured (DWL) was used for this experiment; it was devel- with an eggshell force gauge (Model-II, Robotmation oped at the China Agricultural University (CAU)by Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan). EST was measured with a dig- 4 repeated backcrosses of male meat type dwarf ISA- ital display micrometer gauge (395-741-10, Mitutoyo, Vedette to the female CAU brown egg layers (Yang Kawasaki, Japan). YC, AH, and HU were measured us- et al., 1996). The DWL were reared by CAU Poul- ing an Egg Multi Tester (EMT-5200, Robotmation Co. try Breeding Corp., Beijing, China. As of the end of Ltd.). ESI is the long diameter to short diameter ratio 2014, when this experiment took place, the DWL had and was measured with an NFN384 egg quality ana- been bred to the 13th generation. In this experiment, lyzer (FHK, Tokyo, Japan). YR is the yolk weight to eggs from 1,024 56-week-old DWL were collected and egg weight ratio. Eggshell and membrane thicknesses analyzed. All hens were reared in individual cages un- were measured at the blunt end, middle, and sharp der identical conditions and were fed the same food end of the egg using a digital display micrometer gauge throughout the experiment. (Mitutoyo 395-741-10). Samples and Measurement We collected 1,600 eggs over 2 consecutive days and stored them in a con- Experiment 2 stant environment (temperature 20 to 25◦C, RH 50 to 60%) for 3 days. All eggs were further identified us- Hens Two genetically distinct chicken lines, DWL ing a conventional source of illumination (60 watt clear and the White Leghorn pure line (WLL), were used glass incandescent light bulb) (Solomon, 1991)andclas- in the experiment. Both lines were provided by CAU sified into 3 grades according to the degree of shell Poultry Breeding Corporation, Beijing, China. Experi- translucence (opaque, semi-translucent, and translu- mental conditions were the same as described for exper- cent) (Holst et al., 1932). Of these, 120 translucent and iment 1. Eggs from 1,356 42-week-old DWL hens (the 120 opaque eggs were selected for further study follow- generation after those used in experiment 1) and 1,130 ing our selection procedure (Figure 1). 50-week-old WLL hens were used in the experiment. The selected eggs were weighed and divided into 4 We collected 3,500 eggs from DWL over 3 consecutive groups (A, B, C, and D; n = 30 for each group); the days and 5,028 eggs from WLL over 5 consecutive days groups were similar to one another and each included a and stored them in a constant environment (temper- range of weights from small to large. Groups A, B, and ature 20 to 25◦C, RH 50 to 60%) for 3 days. We se- D were stored at controlled room temperature (20 to lected 120 (40 × 3 d) translucent and 120 (40 × 3d) 25◦C) and used for egg quality measurement at 1 wk, 2 opaque eggs from DWL, and 125 (25 × 5 d) translucent wk, and 3 wk respectively. Group C was used for mea- and 125 (25 × 5 d) opaque eggs from WLL for further surement of weight loss, shell thickness and membrane measurements. Selection criteria were as described for thickness. experiment 1. TRANSLUCENT EGGS 353 Figure 2. Eggshell thickness (a), bubble poles observed at 10,000× SEM (b), bubble pores were manually “painted” black using Photoshop software to increase the color contrast with other areas of the eggshell (c), bubble pores traits were measured by ImageJ software (d). Eggshell Trait Measurements First, the eggshell was manually “painted” black using Photoshop soft- strength of both translucent and opaque eggs was mea- ware to increase the color contrast with other areas of sured with an eggshell force gauge (Model-II, Robot- the eggshell (Figure 2c).
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