Transporte de ovos de galinha: avaliação da qualidade dos ovos e da ambiência no interior do caminhão.

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate the quality of chicken eggs for human consumption during transport between the farm and warehouse. The experiment was divided into two periods: dry and rainy. It was six trips, three in each period, for distribution of eggs in the Paraíba state, Brazil. The farm was located in Esperança town and the eggs were distributed to the cities of Queimadas, Juazeirinho and Serra Branca. The same truck (F-4000) was used in all our travels. Samples were collected on own farm (control) and also the final destination of the transport. Bioclimatic evaluation (temperature and humidity) in the truck was performed using HT-500 sensors. It was used in all the experiment 360 red eggs of semi-heavy laying hens Lohmann (Brown) and evaluated the following quality parameters: egg mass (MO), specific gravity (GE), Haugh unit (UH), thickness shell (EC), yolk index (IG) and other parameters such as the percentage of the constituents, the eggshell strength, pH of yolk and albumen. It was found in the hygrometric-term conditions and time of egg transportation, the parameters of internal and external egg quality in both periods, only Haugh unit showed loss of quality during long trips in both periods.