Japan has developed a new technology to control the size of eggs
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Last Update: 2002-10-28
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Source: Internet
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Introduction: new page 1 the technology PXY of controlling the size of eggs by controlling the composition of chicken feed has recently been developed by the animal production experimental farm of the Ministry of agriculture, forestry and Fisheries of Japan As Japanese consumers prefer products of uniform size and moderate size, eggs are no exception, too large and too small will affect their prices The experiment farm of animal production began to study the feeding method of controlling the size of eggs The researchers added a variety of substances to the chicken feed just entering the laying period, and observed the change of egg size They found that adding linoleic acid to the feed can promote the growth of eggs, linoleic acid increased to 2.83%, and the weight of each egg can reach 59.6g Researchers also found that if a chicken lays too large an egg, adding taurine to its diet can make it smaller Experiments show that the weight of eggs can be reduced by 1g when 0.5% taurine is added to the feed PXY
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