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Sanitizing Hatching Eggs with Essential Oils: Avian and Microbiological Safety

Increased meat and egg production leads to concomitant changes in poultry practices, including the indiscriminate use of formaldehyde to sanitize hatching eggs. Although this sanitizer aids in the increase in poultry production, its toxic potential for man and for avian embryos represents an obstacl...

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Autores principales: Oliveira, Gabriel da Silva, McManus, Concepta, de Araújo, Maria Viviane, de Sousa, Davi Emanuel Ribeiro, de Macêdo, Isabel Luana, de Castro, Marcio Botelho, dos Santos, Vinícius Machado
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10456749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37630450
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11081890
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Sumario:Increased meat and egg production leads to concomitant changes in poultry practices, including the indiscriminate use of formaldehyde to sanitize hatching eggs. Although this sanitizer aids in the increase in poultry production, its toxic potential for man and for avian embryos represents an obstacle to its long-term use. This review assesses whether essential oils fit into the context of hatching egg contamination, reviewing their antimicrobial efficiency, toxicity to poultry embryos and chicks, and their sanitizing effects on poultry production parameters. Studies have indicated that, because they are safer, most of the essential oils studied can be a potential substitute for formaldehyde for minimizing microbial exposure of hatching eggs and embryos. However, complementary studies on the microbiological profile of embryos and chicks hatched from eggs sanitized with essential oils need to be carried out and the economic feasibility of the candidate products should also be considered.