Egg formation and chemistry

Improving the Safety and Quality of Eggs and Egg Products: Egg Chemistry, Production and Consumption

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 83-132

  Nys, Y ^a   Guyot, N ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Egg; Eggshell; Hormonal control; Oogenesis; Ovary; Oviduct; Oviposition; Ovulation; White albumen; Yolk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902219502     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857093912.2.83     Document Type: Chapter

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