Clove essential oil in the sanitation of fertile eggs

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of sanitizing fertile eggs with clove essential oil as an alternative to paraformaldehyde; effects on the reduction in eggshell microbial count, incubation yield, and neonatal chick quality were measured. A total of 1,460 brown fertile eggs with a m...

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Main Authors: Gabriel da S. Oliveira, Sheila T. Nascimento, Vinícius M. dos Santos, Marley G. Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120304831