Hygiene of eggs and egg products Flashcards
What country is the top producer of eggs?
China
Ovary: A hen’s eggs begin as yolks in the ovary by rapture of
follicles to release the yolk
What is the function of the infundibulum
Catches and channels the released egg
Chickens reach puberty at?
4-5 months
Describe the steps of egg development.
Egg remains silent until puberty. Once mature, egg starts to produce follicle.
- Once mature, ovary collects cholesterol, protein and minerals from the blood and build around egg cell aka germ disc.
- Around egg cell, cholesterol and protein is built and follicles are shed, egg drops on the oviduct/infundibulum
- In infundibulum, egg waits around 15 minutes while sperm kisses and then travels through oviduct, albumin is built. When reaches isthmus, it shapes the egg.
- Then in the uterus, the uterus buries the fertilizes egg in concrete aka shell. For egg, it does not matter if she finds a sperm in oviduct, the egg continues to come to uterus without sperm.
- After 25 hours the egg is layed and comes out of the cloaca
What is the function of the magnum?
The magnum secretes more than 40% of the albumen
What is the function of the isthmus
The isthmus secretes some albumen and determines shape of egg.
What is the function of the uterus
Forms the egg shell
Produces albumen
Pigment of cuticle
What is the function of the vagina/cloaca
Egg passes through as it is laid.
The cloaca is also used for ?
fecal excretion
Egg is contaminated because shell is porous
- The entire time from ovulation to laying is about ___ hours.
- Then about ____ minutes later, the hen will begin to make another one.
- Therefore, hens produce an ______ (i. e. ovulate) every 25 hours starting
from ___-___ months of age up to ___ months of age
- The entire time from ovulation to laying is about 25 hours.
- Then about 30 minutes later, the hen will begin to make another one.
- Therefore, hens produce an egg (i. e. ovulate) every 25 hours starting from 4-5 months of age up to 18 months of age
- _____% of egg’s content is crust (shell)
- ____% is egg white
- ____% is egg yolk
- 11% of egg’s content is crust (shell)
- 58% is egg white
- 31% is egg yolk
String like strucutre in egg is?
Chalazae
In absence of __________, the yolk floats everywhere and bounces against the wall of the shell, sometimes gets stuck against shell.
In absence of chalazae, the yolk floats everywhere and bounces against the wall of the shell, sometimes gets stuck against shell.
What percentage of the egg is made up of yolk? Shell? Albumen? Water?
Albumen aka white part is free of?
Fat
Mostly made up of water
Yolk has what % of fat?
Egg contamination starts in the?
Reproductive tract
What pathogens can be passed when the egg is in the reproductive tract?
Contamination of eggs may be due to bacteria within the hen’s reproductive tract before the shell forms around the yolk & white
vertical transmission e. g. Mycoplasma,
Salmonella Pullorum
Since an egg passes through an external opening, there is also Enterobacter, e.coli, salmonella, etc. b/c the shell of the egg has holes
List the Pathogens affecting
egg production & egg quality
Egg passes through nine steps during its journey from farm to consumers. Name these steps.
Farms should respect?
Biosecurity
No pest, waste contamination, no wild animals should enter
Eggs should be collected every ___ hours, about __-__ times per day, because they need to be refrigerated and don’t want chickens to poop on them
Eggs should be collected every 2 hours, about 4-8 times per day, beause they need ot be refrigerated and dont want chickens to poop on them