eprintid: 19826
rev_number: 24
eprint_status: archive
userid: 7796
dir: disk0/00/01/98/26
datestamp: 2011-12-01 15:14:13
lastmod: 2011-12-01 15:14:13
status_changed: 2011-12-01 15:14:13
type: bookchapter
metadata_visibility: show
item_issues_count: 0
doclang: en
projects: DA3-QEMP
chapter: 20
refereed: yes
budget: 0
publicfulltext: FALSE
creators_name: Hammershøj, M.
creators_id: mah@agrsci.dk
title: Organic and free-range egg production
ispublished: pub
subjects: 2security
subjects: 9poultry
keywords: organic, free range, egg production, forage material, egg quality
abstract: This chapter includes information on the development of the free range and the organic egg production and their market shares in different countries. Consumer behaviour is investigated particularly in relation to the price and availability of non-cage eggs. Regulations on the production of free range and organic eggs and their present and future impact are examined. Nutrient supply, animal welfare, productivity, safety and environmental impact of the types of egg production are covered with a focus on the effects of using different forage materials. Egg quality parameters of egg shell, sensory properties, yolk colour and carotenoid content, egg protein, and egg products are also discussed. 
date: 2011-09
date_type: published
publication: Improving the safety and quality of eggs and egg products. Volume 1: Egg chemistry, production and consumption
publisher: Woodhead Publishing Limited
editors_name: Nys, Y.
editors_name: Bain, M.
editors_name: Van Immerseel, F.
full_text_status: restricted
place_of_pub: Cambridge, UK
pagerange: 463-486
isbn: 978-1-84569-754-9
edition: 1
contact_email: mah@agrsci.dk
fp7_project: no
access_rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
citation:    Hammershøj, M.    (2011) Organic and free-range egg production.    In: Nys, Y.; Bain, M. and Van Immerseel, F. (Eds.)   Improving the safety and quality of eggs and egg products. Volume 1: Egg chemistry, production and consumption. 1 edition. Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK, chapter 20, pp. 463-486.         
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