A fishy taint in eggs: Interaction between fishmeal diets and strain of bird
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in British Poultry Science
- Vol. 23 (2) , 89-93
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00071688208447934
Abstract
Field cases of fishy or crabby taint in eggs have been reported, similar to those caused by feeding rapeseed meal (RSM), even though no RSM was fed. The cause was investigated using Babcock B380 and Warren SSL hens. The taint was due to the inclusion of either 25 or 70 g of Icelandic capelin fishmeal/kg of the diet. Babcock hens produced significantly more (17%) tainted eggs than Warrens (1.2%). Tainted eggs were significantly reduced to a very low proportion (1.3%) by the 3rd day of feeding a fishmeal-free diet. The taint was due to the presence of up to 17 mg trimethylamine/kg egg.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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