The metabolite products of chlorocholine chloride (CCC) in eggs and meat of laying hens fed 15N-CCC containing diets

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the metabolic products of chlorocholine chloride (CCC) in eggs and meat of laying hens fed a diet containing (15)N-CCC. Ten brown laying hens were randomly divided into two groups of five each. One group was offered (15)N-CCC free diet while the other group received a diet with 100 ppm (15)N-CCC for 11 days. Samples of eggs and meat from the laying hens were collected. Egg yolks and albumen were separated. Meat was collected from the breast and femur. The metabolic products of CCC were measured using ion trap electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (ion trap-ESI-MS/MS). Determination of CCC or its metabolites in eggs and meat showed that CCC was metabolised to choline. Corresponding MS/MS spectra were obtained for m/z 104 (choline) or 105 ((15)N-choline), whereas nothing was detected at m/z 122 (CCC) or 123 ((15)N-CCC). The results from this study indicate that CCC will be metabolised in tissues of laying hens.     

Residues of gentamicin in eggs following medication of laying hens

1. Gentamicin was injected subcutaneously and intramuscularly into 5 groups of 10 laying hens and its concentration was determined in albumen, yolk and whole egg. 2. Groups 1 and 3 were intramuscularly injected with doses of 10 and 25 mg/kg while groups 2, 4 and 5 were subcutaneously injected with doses of 10, 25 and 50 mg/kg, respectively. 3. The final gentamicin concentration in albumen was measured on d 3 for groups 1 and 2; on d 4 for groups 3 and 4, and on d 5 for group 5. Concentrations in yolk and whole egg were measured on d 7, 10 and 12. 4. Gentamicin recovery was as follows: 2% in groups 1 and 2, 2.5% in groups 3 and 4, and 3% in group 5. 5. Most of the residue (approximately 90%) was recovered from the yolk.     

Depletion of colistin in eggs following medication of laying hens

The depletion of colistin in eggs was determined separately for the albumen, the yolk and the whole egg after oral and intramuscular administrations of colistin sulphate. Residues were assayed by an agar plate diffusion method with Bordetella bronchoseptica ATCC 4617 as test organism. Colistin residues were not detected after drug administration by the oral route, but could be detected in the yolk until eight days after intramuscular injection. The total amount excreted represented 0.9% of the dose applied.     

Residues of dimetridazole in eggs after treatment of laying hens

Laying hens were dosed orally with dimetridazole (DMZ) (50 and 250 mg/kg) for 3 days or intramuscularly (50 mg/kg), also for 3 days, and the residues were determined by liquid chromatography in albumen and yolk. The sensitivity of the whole procedure was 2 ng/g. The drug was excreted preferentially into the yolk (about 57% of the total) and the elimination period lasted for 4–6 days after treatment.Abbreviations AUC area under the plasma concentration-time curve - depletion time the time needed for the DMZ concentration to fall below 0.01 g/g - elimination rate constant - Cl clearance - DMZ demetridazole     

槲皮素对蛋鸡产蛋后期蛋品质的影响

选用体重和产蛋率相近的39周龄海赛白壳蛋鸡240只,随机分4组,每组6个重复,每重复10只鸡,分别在玉米-豆粕饲粮基础上添加0%、0.02%、0.04%、0.06%槲皮素饲喂蛋鸡,研究槲皮素对蛋品质的影响。结果表明,与对照组相比,不同添加水平槲皮素对蛋形指数、蛋壳强度、蛋清中蛋白质含量、蛋黄中粗脂肪含量及血清中胆固醇和血磷含量均无显著影响(P>0.05);0.04%和0.06%槲皮素组蛋壳厚度(P<0.01)、哈氏单位(P<0.01)、蛋黄总磷脂(P<0.01)及血清中总蛋白(P<0.05)和血钙(P<0.05)含量均显著提高;不同添加水平槲皮素对蛋黄颜色影响均极显著(P<0.01);0.04%槲皮素组蛋黄中蛋白质含量显著提高(P<0.05);0.06%槲皮素组蛋黄中胆固醇含量极显著降低(P<0.01),但与其他两个添加水平组无显著差异(P>0.05);0.06%槲皮素组血清中尿素氮含量显著降低(P<0.05);0.04%槲皮素组血清中尿酸含量显著降低(P<0.05)。综上所述,槲皮素可有效改善蛋鸡产蛋后期的蛋品质,其最适添加水平为0.04%。     

Residues of aminoglycoside antibiotics in eggs after medication of laying hens

1. The transfer of aminoglycoside antibiotics into eggs was determined separately from albumen, yolk or whole egg after oral administration of dihydrostreptomycin (DHS), neomycin and spectinomycin and after an intramuscular injection of DHS. Residues were assayed by an agar plate diffusion method in cylinders with a specific test organism for each antibiotic. 2. Only DHS, administered by the intramuscular route, led to detectable residues in eggs. The total amount of DHS excreted via the eggs represented 1% of the dose administered. 3. Residues in the whole egg were detected for 8 d.     

Residues of macrolide antibiotics in eggs following medication of laying hens

1. The elimination kinetics of four macrolide antibiotics (tylosin, erythromycin, spiramycin and josamycin) in eggs were determined separately for albumen and yolk after oral administration through either drinking water or diet or after intramuscular injection. 2. Residues were assayed by a plate diffusion technique in cylinders with Micrococcus luteus as the test-organism. 3. Drug excretion was usually over a longer time in the yolk. Spiramycin was the most highly excreted in the egg whereas seven to eight times less tylosin and erythromycin was transferred. The conditions for the use of macrolide antibiotics in laying hens are discussed.     

Lead concentrations in the blood and eggs of backyard laying hens

AIMS: To investigate the prevalence of lead exposure in hens and eggs from backyard poultry in a sample of Auckland households, the relationship between concentrations of lead in the blood of the hens and in the shells and yolks of eggs from the same household, and to examine associations with measures of hen health, environment and husbandry factors.

METHODS: Thirty households participated in the study from August to November 2016, each providing one adult hen for sampling, an egg from the household if available, and completing a questionnaire on hen husbandry. Concentrations of lead in blood were determined using a portable lead analyser. Eggs were analysed for concentrations of lead in the yolk and shell using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry after biological digestion with a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid.

RESULTS: Twenty three of 30 hens (77%) showed evidence of lead exposure, with median concentrations of lead in blood of 0.77 (min?<0.16, max 8.02) μmol/L. All eggs showed evidence of lead exposure, with concentrations of lead in the yolk ranging from 0.003–1.07?mg/kg, and concentrations of lead in the eggshell ranging from <0.1–0.82?mg/kg. A positive correlation existed between concentrations of lead in the blood of a hen and concentrations of lead in egg yolk from the same hen (R²=0.97), and both the yolk (R²=0.58) and shell (R²=0.30) of an egg from her flock. No association was found between concentrations of lead in blood and hen health indices measured in this study. Concentrations of lead in blood were higher in hens from properties with homes built before 1941 than between 1941–1960 (p=0.03), and in hens from properties with weatherboard homes than brick homes (p=0.049).

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: There was a high prevalence of lead exposure in this sample of Auckland backyard chickens, with the majority of hens being sub-clinically affected. Associations were found between concentrations of lead in the blood of the hens, and properties with homes built before 1941 and clad in weatherboard. Concentrations of lead in over half the egg yolks sampled were at levels sufficient to warrant human health concern. The assessment of concentrations of lead in backyard poultry and eggs intended for human consumption is recommended to protect human and bird health.     

Regulation of net intestinal calcium uptake in hens laying obligatory soft-shelled eggs

1. Individually caged laying hens had a loop of thread inserted into the shell gland. This resulted in the laying of soft shelled eggs. 2. A balance study was performed for a one week period before and after the operation. After the operation birds with threads consumed less calcium than before. Their requirements for calcium for eggshells decreased, resulting in increases in both calcium excreted and calcium retained. 3. Net calcium extraction in the digestive tract was measured in groups of birds with threads and intact controls, when shelling or not, by examining ratios of Ca to TiO2 in different gut segments. Observations were made during the period following premature oviposition in birds with threads, but within the normal shelling period of control birds. The period of study was at least two weeks after the operation. 4. Birds with threads absorbed less calcium than control birds up to the upper jejunum. 5. Control birds secreted calcium between the upper jejunum and colon, but birds with threads showed little change in absorption in this part of the digestive tract. 6. The increase in calcium absorption in intact birds was a response to the stimulus of shelling an egg or replacing calcium in medullary bone during a pause day, rather than of ovulation.     

Elimination of oxolinic acid in eggs after oral treatment of laying hens

1. Oxolinic acid is often used in poultry as a therapeutic agent. The aim of this study was to determine both its elimination into eggs, following oral dosing through the drinking water (12 mg/kg/d) or diet (13 mg/kg/d) for 5 d and its plasma concentrations. 2. Samples (albumen, yolk, plasma) were analysed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorimetric detection. The limits of quantification were 10 ng/g in plasma and 5 ng/g in albumen and yolk. Residues were much higher in albumen than in plasma, whereas they were lower in yolk. 3. 95% of the overall oxolinic acid detected in eggs was concentrated in the albumen. 4. Detectable residues persisted for 9 d and 7 d, respectively, in albumen and yolk after the treatment was discontinued.     

无公害蛋鸡与鸡蛋生产技术要点

无公害蛋鸡与鸡蛋，是指产地环境、生产过程和最终产品符合国家无公害食品标准和规范，经专门机构认定，按照国家《无公害农产品管理办法》的规定，许可使用无公害农产品标识的产品。无公害蛋鸡与鸡蛋符合国家食品卫生标准，具有无污染、安全、优质及营养的特点。随着加入WTO和北京、上海等大中城市陆续实行农     

Plasma dispositions and concentrations of ivermectin in eggs following treatment of laying hens

AIMS: To determine the plasma disposition and concentrations of ivermectin (IVM) in eggs produced by laying hens following S/C, oral and I/V administration.

METHODS: Twenty-four laying hens, aged 37 weeks and weighing 1.73 (SD 0.12) kg were allocated to three groups of eight birds. The injectable formulation of IVM was administered either orally, S/C, or I/V, at a dose of 0.2?mg/kg liveweight, following dilution (1:5, v/v) with propylene glycol. Heparinised blood samples were collected at various times between 0.25 hours and 20 days after drug administration. Eggs produced by hens were also collected daily throughout the study period. Samples of plasma and homogenised egg were analysed using HPLC.

RESULTS: Maximum concentrations of IVM in plasma and mean residence time of IVM were lower after oral (10.2 (SD 7.2) ng/mL and 0.38 (SD 0.14) days, respectively) than after S/C (82.9 (SD 12.4) ng/mL and 1.05 (SD 0.24) days, respectively) administration (p<0.01). The time to maximum concentration and elimination half-life were shorter following oral (0.14 (SD 0.04) and 0.23 (SD 0.11) days, respectively) than S/C (0.25 (SD 0.00) and 1.45 (SD 0.45) days, respectively) administration (p<0.01). IVM was first detected in eggs 2 days after treatment in all groups and was detected until 8 days after oral and I/V administration, and until 15 days after S/C administration. Peak concentrations of IVM were 15.7, 23.3 and 1.9?µg/kg, observed 2, 5 and 4 days after I/V, S/C and oral administration, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The low plasma bioavailability of IVM observed after oral administration in laying hens could result in lower efficacy or subtherapeutic plasma concentrations, which may promote the development of parasitic drug resistance. Due to high IVM residues in eggs compared to the maximum residue limits for other food-producing animal species, a withdrawal period should be necessary for eggs after IVM treatment in laying hens.     

Residues of drugs in eggs after medication of laying hens for eight days.

Drug residues in blood plasma, egg-white and -yolk have been measured for 3 weeks after 8 days of continuous treatment with sulphanilamide, sulphadimidine, sulphaquinoxaline and pyrimethamine. The results are discussed with reference to physiological data concerning eggwhite and -yolk formation. From this, it is concluded that a withdrawal period of at least 10 days after the disappearance of drug in blood plasma is necessary to avoid residues of drugs in eggs from treated hens.     

Interrelationships between dietary concentrations of sodium,potassium and chloride in laying hens

1. Twelve diets, representing the factorial combination of two concentrations of Cl‐ (0.8 and 1.4 g/kg), three concentrations of Na+ (0.5, 1.1 and 1.7 g/kg) and two concentrations of K+ (7 and 12 g/kg) were fed to groups of laying hens for 24 weeks and records taken of their productivity.

2. Different concentrations of Na+, K+ and Cl‐ showed highly significant interactions which were always similar. Thus, a deficiency of Na+ (0.5 g Na/kg) was aggravated by the restriction of Cl‐ (0.8 g/kg), but was partly compensated for by supplementing the diet with K+ (12 instead of 7 g/kg). Without a sodium deficiency other interactions occurred; for example, the higher concentration of K+ became unfavourable if the other two ions were also supplied at the higher concentrations.

3. These results show that, for the laying hen, the optimum concentrations of Na+, K+ and Cl‐ cannot be determined independently but depend upon the concentration of the two others in the diet.     

碱式氯化锌对绿壳蛋鸡产蛋性能和蛋黄中锌沉积量的影响

本试验旨在研究碱式氯化锌对蛋鸡生产性能、蛋品质及蛋黄中锌沉积量的影响。选取240羽东乡黑羽绿壳蛋鸡随机分成4组,每组6个重复,每个重复10羽。A组为对照组,饲喂基础日粮,B、C、D组为试验组,分别在基础日粮中添加80、120 mg/kg和160 mg/kg碱式氯化锌。预试期7 d、正式期28 d。结果表明,与对照组相比,从第二周开始,各试验组产蛋率不同程度提高,各试验组料蛋比有所下降;试验各组间蛋壳厚度、蛋形指数、蛋黄色泽和哈氏单位差异均不显著;B组和D组蛋黄中锌含量显著高于对照组(P<0.05),分别较对照组提高17.39%和27.74%,C组蛋黄中锌含量极显著高于对照组(P<0.01),较对照组提高32.29%。由此可见,日粮中添加碱式氯化锌能改善蛋鸡生产性能,提高鸡蛋中锌的沉积量,综合考虑,120 mg/kg为适宜添加量。     

Spiramycin, oxytetracycline and sulphamonomethoxine contents of eggs and egg-forming tissues of laying hens

Spiramycin (SP), oxytetracycline (OTC) or sulphamonomethoxine (SMM) was fed to laying hens at a dietary level of 400 p.p.m. for 7 successive days. After 7 days of medicated feed, the concentrations of SP, OTC and SMM were determined in the blood, liver, ovary, oviducts (magnum and isthmus plus shell gland) and eggs (albumen and yolk) by high-performance liquid chromatography. Of the three drugs, OTC showed the lowest content in the above tissues and eggs, while the reverse was true for SMM. Low concentrations of SP were measured in the blood, whereas contents in the liver and the oviducts were relatively much higher.     

高效液相色谱荧光检测法检测鸡蛋中甲砜霉素残留

建立了用高效液相色谱荧光检测法检测鸡蛋中甲砜霉素残留量的方法。样品经碱性乙酸乙酯提取,饱和正己烷脱脂,氮吹仪吹干浓缩后,以乙腈-磷酸二氢钠溶液（0.01mol/L,含0.005mol/L L十二烷基硫酸钠和0.1%三乙胺）（35∶65）为流动相,流速为1.0mL/min,荧光检测激发波长为224nm,发射波长为290nm。甲砜霉素在0.025～5.0mg/L质量浓度范围内,本方法线性关系良好,相关系数为0.999 7。当甲砜霉素添加水平为15～500μg/kg时,该方法平均回收率为86.35%～93.76%,相对标准偏差为4.21%～7.89%,日内相对标准偏差为4.84%～6.62%;日间相对标准偏差为8.92%～10.83%。甲砜霉素最低检测限为1.5μg/kg（S/N=3）,最低定量限5μg/kg（S/N=10）。所建立的方法简便、快速、灵敏度高,适用于鸡蛋中甲砜霉素残留的高灵敏度检测。     

Study of enrofloxacin and flumequine residues depletion in eggs of laying hens after oral administration

Two groups of laying hens (each n=12) were administered 10 mg/kg enrofloxacin (ENRO) (group A) or 26.6 mg/kg flumequine (FLU) (group B) by gastric catheter daily for five consecutive days. A third group (n=6) was untreated controls. Eggs were collected from day one of treatment and up to 30 days after withdrawal of the drug. Egg white and yolk from each egg were separated, and ENRO, its metabolite ciprofloxacin (CIP) and FLU residues were analysed by a high-performance liquid chromatography method with fluorescence detection. The sum of ENRO and CIP was detectable in egg white on the first day of treatment in high-level concentrations (2007.7 μg/kg) and remained steady during administration. In egg yolk, residues were detectable at day one in lower concentrations (324.4 μg/kg), increasing to the end of treatment. After treatment, these residues decreased and were detectable up to day 8 in egg white, and day 10 in yolk. FLU residues during drug administration in white were detectable in high concentrations from day one to five (6788.4-6525.9 μg/kg), and in yolk, concentrations were lower during administration (629.6-853.9 μg/kg). After drug withdrawal, FLU residues remained longer in egg white (30 days) than in yolk (26 days). For both drugs, differences of concentrations between matrices were significant.     

Influence of the type of management system on corticosterone transfer into eggs in laying hens

The effect of free-range versus cage management system on corticosterone transfer into the eggs was studied in laying hens. Hungarian Yellow laying hens (age: 21 weeks, body weight: 2.0 +/- 0.5 kg) were divided into two groups in the spring: Group I, free-range keeping (n=15 layers, density: > 0.5 bird/m2) in outdoor runs, with continuous access to a commercial layer feed; Group II, hens kept in battery cages (n=17 layers, density: 2 birds/m2, natural light, continuous access to feed and water). Eggs were collected after a one-week adaptation period on days 2, 7 and 16. Corticosterone (CST) was extracted from homogenised egg samples using an ASE-200 Accelerated Solvent Extractor and then assayed by liquid chromatography linked with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) [Thermo Quest Surveyor high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) interfaced via Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionisation (APCI) ion source to Finnigan/Thermo Quest LCQ Deca MS/MS] using dexamethasone as internal standard with positive APCI ionisation. CST concentrations of whole eggs laid by free-range hens on days 2, 7 and 16 were 0.370 +/- 0.218, 0.259 +/- 0.066 and 0.915 +/- 0.745 ng x g(-1), respectively, while those of eggs laid by caged hens were 0.206 +/- 0.157, 0.223 +/- 0.165 and 0.184 +/- 0.110 ng x g(-1) at the above sampling times. It is concluded that in free-range laying hens the sharp changes of environmental weather conditions significantly increased the corticosterone content of eggs, while the environmentally controlled and closed battery cage management technology resulted in relatively uniform corticosterone concentrations in the whole eggs.