Data di Pubblicazione:
2003
Citazione:
Characteristics of reared game pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)'s egg / M.G. Mangiagalli, G. Scandolara, S.P. Marelli, M. Giuliani, L. Guidobono Cavalchini. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE. - ISSN 1594-4077. - 2:2(2003), pp. 115-122.
Abstract:
Chemical and physical characteristics of game pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)’s egg were studied and compared with domestic
fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus)’s egg. The birds were housed in individual cages in a environmentally controlled room
(T=18÷20°C; 16L:8D) and fed ad libitum standard breeder diet. A sample of thirty eggs was analysed for each phase of the
laying period (beginning, peak and end). The following chemico-physical parameters: egg, albumen, yolk and shell weight;
yolk colour; egg and shell dry matter (DM); shell thickness (blunt end, pointed end and middle part) were measured. The
protein, lipid, and cholesterol content was evaluated; the fatty acid (FA) profile analysed. We observed: egg weight average
of 34.5g ; a high proportion of yolk (37%) in the whole egg (Y/E), consequently, a high lipid content of 13.9%; a protein content
DM of 44.3%; the fatty acid composition was similar to that of chicken egg and the oleic acid (36.4%) was the major
proportion of the total fatty acids, as in the domestic fowl. The rearing pheasant’s egg has a high nutritive concentration, due
to high ratio yolk/whole egg, with biological and nutritional characteristics similar to domestic fowl’s egg.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Pheasant ; egg ; hen ; chemical composition ; fatty acid
Elenco autori:
M.G. Mangiagalli, G. Scandolara, S.P. Marelli, M. Giuliani, L. Guidobono Cavalchini
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