@misc{10481/66906,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/66906},
abstract = {(1) Background: Nowadays the industry aims to improve lay persistency for extended
cycles (100 weeks or longer) to make egg production more sustainable. However, intensive egg pro‐
duction challenges hen health, inducing severe osteoporosis and the incidence of bone fractures. In
this study, the relationship between bone quality and egg production, and/or eggshell quality, was
evaluated at the end of an extended laying cycle of 100 weeks, comparing groups of hens with dif‐
ferent production and eggshell quality parameters; (2) Methods: Quality parameters of egg (as
weight, egg white height), eggshell (as thickness, weight, breaking strength, elasticity and micro‐
structure) and tibiae bone (weight, diameter, cortical thickness, ash weight, breaking strength, me‐
dullary bone) were determined; (3) Results: Hens from groups with a high egg production and good
eggshell quality have poorer bone quality (lower ash weight and lesser amount of medullary bone).
However, Pearson’s correlation analysis shows no clearrelationship between bone and egg/eggshell
parameters. (4) Conclusions: Bone and egg production/eggshell quality are independent and can be
improved separately. Medullary bone has an important contribution to bone mechanical properties,
being important to accumulate enough bone medullary bone early in life to maintain skeletal integ‐
rity and eggshell quality in old hens.},
organization = {ITC‐20161169/Ovofortis (MINECO/AEI/FEDER, UE)},
organization = {CGL2015‐64683‐P},
organization = {RNM‐179 group (Junta de Andalucía)},
organization = {UCE PP 2016.05 (Universidad de
Granada)},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Laying hens},
keywords = {Bone quality},
keywords = {Osteoporosis},
keywords = {Aging},
keywords = {Eggshell quality},
title = {Relationship between Bone Quality, Egg Production and Eggshell Quality in Laying Hens at the End of an Extended Production Cycle (105 Weeks)},
doi = {10.3390/ani11030623},
author = {Alfonso Carrillo, Clara and Benavides Reyes, Cristina and Domínguez Gasca, Nazaret and Sánchez-Rodríguez, Estefania and Rodríguez Navarro, Alejandro},
}