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Some factors affecting the incidence of cracks in hens’ egg shells

G. B. Anderson Agricultural Research Council, Poultry Research Centre, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JS, Scotland
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T. C. Carter Agricultural Research Council, Poultry Research Centre, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JS, Scotland
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R. Morley Jones Agricultural Research Council, Poultry Research Centre, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JS, Scotland
Pages 103-116 | Published online: 08 Nov 2007

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M. M. Bain. (1992) Eggshell strength: A relationship between the mechanism of failure and the ultrastructural organisation of the mammillary layer. British Poultry Science 33:2, pages 303-319.
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B. O. Hughes, P. Dun & C. C. McCorquodale. (1985) Shell strength of eggs from medium‐bodied hybrid hens housed in cages or on range in outside pens. British Poultry Science 26:1, pages 129-136.
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Peter Hunton. (1982) Genetic Factors Affecting Egg Shell Quality. World's Poultry Science Journal 38:2, pages 75-84.
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T. C. Carter. (1975) The hen's egg: Relationships of seven characteristics of the strain of hen to the incidence of cracks and other shell defects. British Poultry Science 16:3, pages 289-296.
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D. A. Stewart. (1973) A computer study of egg shell forces at impact on cage floors. British Poultry Science 14:5, pages 431-444.
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T. G. Carter. (1972) The hen's egg: Factors affecting shell splitting during boiling. British Poultry Science 13:4, pages 341-355.
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G. B. Anderson & T. C. Carter. (1972) The hen's egg: Shell cracking in eggs dropped on cage floors coated with plastic or zinc. British Poultry Science 13:2, pages 115-122.
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W. H. Foster & E. L. Neil. (1972) The effect of variation in egg numbers, body weight and egg weight upon shell thickness. British Poultry Science 13:1, pages 75-83.
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T. C. Carter. (1971) The hen's egg: Shell cracking at oviposition in battery cages and its inheritance. British Poultry Science 12:2, pages 259-278.
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J. H. Wolford & K. Tanaka. (1970) Factors Influencing Egg Shell Quality—A Review. World's Poultry Science Journal 26:4, pages 763-780.
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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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M. Mägi, R. Mänd, A. Konovalov, V. Tilgar & S. J. Reynolds. (2011) Testing the structural–function hypothesis of eggshell maculation in the Great Tit: an experimental approach. Journal of Ornithology 153:3, pages 645-652.
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P. A. Chapman, P. Rhodes & Wendy Rylands. (2009) Salmonella typhimurium phage type 141 infections in Sheffield during 1984 and 1985: association with hens' eggs . Epidemiology and Infection 101:1, pages 75-82.
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S.K. Upadhyaya, J.R. Cooke & R.H. Rand. (1985) A fluid-filled spherical shell model of the thermo-elastic behaviour of avian eggs. Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research 32:2, pages 95-109.
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M.D. OUART & A.W. ADAMS. (1982) Effects of Cage Design and Bird Density on Layers. Poultry Science 61:8, pages 1606-1613.
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PETER W. VOISEY & J. R. HUNT. (2007) MEASUREMENT OF EGGSHELL STRENGTH*. Journal of Texture Studies 5:2, pages 135-182.
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