Probability of an egg cracking during packing can be predicted using a simple non-destructive acoustic test

British Poultry Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 462-469

  Bain, Maureen M ^a   Dunn, I C ^b   Wilson, P W ^b   Joseph, N ^b   De Ketelaere, B ^c   De Baerdemaeker, J ^c   Waddington, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG; FOOD HANDLING; STANDARD;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGGS; FOOD HANDLING;

EID: 33747206175     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660600829233     Document Type: Article

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