Estimation of egg freshness using S-ovalbumin as an indicator

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 739-743

  Huang, Q ^a,b   Qiu, N ^b   Ma, M H ^b   Jin, Y G ^b   Yang, H ^b   Geng, F ^b   Sun, S H ^a,b  

^a JISHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Egg freshness; Equivalent egg age; Haugh unit; S ovalbumin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863128170     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2011-01639     Document Type: Article

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