著者

峯木 眞知子 鈴木 惇

出版者

日本調理科学会

雑誌

日本調理科学会誌 = Journal of cookery science of Japan (ISSN:13411535)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.38, no.1, pp.58-62, 2005-01-20

参考文献数

18

被引用文献数

1

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Smaller hens's eggs and yolks are composed of smaller yolk spheres, and vice-versa for larger yolks. We examined whether the size of the yolk spheres was related to the size of eggs and yolks in eggs from different birds. The cross-sectional area of the yolk spheres in the intermediate layer of steamed yolks was measured by the image-processing technique. The weights of the eggs and yolks from different birds were greatest in the ostrich (>duck>White-Leghorn>Nagoya>guinea fowl>quail). The weight of an ostrich egg was about 25 times greater than that of hen eggs, and about 120 times greater than that of quail eggs. The cross-sectional area of yolk spheres was greatest in the White-Leghorn (>ostrich>duck>Nagoya>quail>guinea fowl). There was no significant correlation between the cross-sectional area of yolk spheres and the yolk weight in eggs from different birds (r=0.12). The kinds of bird egg cannot be identified by the different cross-sectional areas of the yolk spheres.