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Effects of Dietary Selenium Source, Storage Time, and Temperature on the Quality of Quail Eggs

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We report the effects of time of storage, temperature, and supplementation with sodium selenite- and selenium-enriched yeast on the quality of quail eggs. For this study, 90 10-week-old female Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) with similar body size were caged individually and randomly divided into five groups of 18 quails each. One group was fed a normal diet and served as control. A second group was supplemented with 0.2 mg/kg sodium selenite (In-Se) and three groups supplemented with 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 mg/kg of a commercially available selenium-enriched yeast (O-Se1, O-Se2, and O-Se3, respectively). The eggs were collected at third and fourth weeks of the experiment and were stored at 4°C and 20°C for 0, 15, 30, and 45 days. Extension of the storage time to 45 days at 20°C resulted in significant deterioration of egg quality. The albumen Haugh unit (HU), pH, albumen index, yolk index, and egg weight loss were the most important parameters influenced by the nature of the selenium sources, storage time, and temperature. Storage time and temperature were also significant for egg weight loss, HU, and albumen and yolk indexes. The results show that supplementation with selenium yeast significantly affected shell weight, shell thickness, HU, albumen index, yolk index, and pH. The HU decreased with increased storage time and temperature. Higher levels of Se-yeast administration resulted in greater HU compared to the selenite and control groups.

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  1. Samandag Vocational School, Mustafa Kemal University, 31780, Samandag, Hatay, Turkey

    Mikail Baylan & Sibel Canogullari

  2. Cukurova Agricultural Research Institute, Adana, Turkey

    Tugay Ayasan

  3. Department of Animal Science, Agriculture Faculty, Mustafa Kemal University, 31034, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey

    Gulsen Copur

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Baylan, M., Canogullari, S., Ayasan, T. et al. Effects of Dietary Selenium Source, Storage Time, and Temperature on the Quality of Quail Eggs. Biol Trace Elem Res 143, 957–964 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-010-8912-x

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