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The hen's egg: Estimation of egg mean and flock mean shell thickness

T. C. Carter Agricultural Research Council's Poultry Research Centre, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, 9, Scotland
Pages 343-357 | Published online: 08 Nov 2007

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V.G. Narushin. (1997) Non-destructive measurements of egg parameters and quality characteristics. World's Poultry Science Journal 53:2, pages 141-153.
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M. Sabrani & C. G. Payne. (1978) Effect of oiling on internal quality of eggs stored at 28 and 12°G. British Poultry Science 19:5, pages 567-571.
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T. C. Carter. (1975) The hen's egg: A rapid method for routine estimation of flock mean shell thickness. British Poultry Science 16:2, pages 131-143.
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C. J. Talbot & C. Tyler. (1974) A study of the fundamental cause of artificial translucent areas in egg shells. British Poultry Science 15:2, pages 205-215.
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B. Mašić, Ljubica Žigić, L. Šrajber & V. Marinković. (1972) Correlations between shape index and shell deformation of hens’ eggs over a laying year. British Poultry Science 13:2, pages 185-189.
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D. D. Rodda. (1972) Breeding for late egg shell quality in the domestic hen. British Poultry Science 13:1, pages 45-60.
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T. C. Carter. (1970) Why Do Egg Shells Crack?. World's Poultry Science Journal 26:2, pages 549-561.
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G. B. Anderson, T. C. Carter & R. Morley Jones. (1970) Some factors affecting the incidence of cracks in hens’ egg shells. British Poultry Science 11:1, pages 103-116.
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T. C. Carter. (1970) The hen's egg: Some factors affecting deformation in statically loaded shells. British Poultry Science 11:1, pages 15-38.
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T. C. Carter. (1969) The hen's egg: Variation in shell deformation under static load with relative humidity and age of egg. British Poultry Science 10:4, pages 311-319.
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T. C. Carter. (1969) The hen's egg: Relationship between shell thickness and the amount of organic matter in the shell. British Poultry Science 10:2, pages 165-174.
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Mohammad Sedghi & Mahdi Ghaderi. (2023) Digital analysis of egg surface area and volume: Effects of longitudinal axis, maximum breadth and weight. Information Processing in Agriculture 10:2, pages 229-239.
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Valeriy G. Narushin, Michael N. Romanov & Darren K. Griffin. (2021) Non-destructive evaluation of the volumes of egg shell and interior: Theoretical approach. Journal of Food Engineering 300, pages 110536.
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Hani M. Sabri, Henry R. Wilson, Robert H. Harms & Charles J. Wilcox. (1999) Genetic parameters for egg and related characteristics of white Leghorn hens in a subtropical environment. Genetics and Molecular Biology 22:2, pages 183-186.
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W.E. FAGAN, D.J. BUCKLEY & C.P.W. TSANG. (1988) Research Note: Electronic Eggshell Thickness Gauge. Poultry Science 67:7, pages 1105-1108.
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R.J. HUGHES. (1984) Estimation of Shell Surface Area from Measurements of Length, Breadth, and Weight of Hen Eggs. Poultry Science 63:12, pages 2471-2474.
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