COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS, PROXIMATE COMPOSITION AND CHOLESTEROL CONTENT OF SOME AVIAN EGGS IN SANGO-OTA, OGUN STATE

Abiaziem, C. V and Adewole, Adekanmi and Iro-Idoro, Charlotte Bose (2015) COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS, PROXIMATE COMPOSITION AND CHOLESTEROL CONTENT OF SOME AVIAN EGGS IN SANGO-OTA, OGUN STATE. In: 3rd National Conference of the School of Applied Science, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, 2015, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.

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Abstract

Since inception, eggs have been a source of a natural balance of essential nutrients and minerals which is of great importance to human health. The quality characteristics, proximate composition and cholesterol level of the eggs of guinea fowl, quail and local fowl in Sango Ota,were investigated. Eggs of the three different species have a similar ovalish conical shape with blunt and pointed ends, showing the shapes indices of (73.03±2.78-80.43±2.71mm) with no statistical difference. Egg weight was heaviest in guinea fowl (40.56±1.79g) followed by local fowl (34.90±1.25g) and quail (9.71±0.93g).The shell thickness of the eggs was thickest in guinea fowl (462.8um), followed by local fowl (241.5um) and quail (174.8um). The contents of moisture, crude protein, crude fibre and crude ash of the whole eggs were in ranges of (74.26-74.50%), (11.98-12.77%), (10.83-12.01%) and (1.02-1.10%) respectively with no statistical difference among the species. Albumin was high in moisture content (87.46-87.83%) which was quite different from yolk. Yolk showed relatively low level of moisture (49.71 -50.37%) and high level of fat (31.48-32.32%),crude protein (15.12-15.74%) and crude ash (1.52-1.86%).The cholesterol content of the yolk was highest in local fowl egg(22.40mg/yolk),followed by guinea fowl (15.85mg/yolk) and quail (12.96mg/yolk).The results showed that the three eggs have a natural balance of essential nutrients and minerals, which is a good source of food for a healthy body .

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry
Depositing User:	Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi
Date Deposited:	02 Jun 2020 15:15
Last Modified:	02 Jun 2020 15:15
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/317

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