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Plenary Papers

• Competitiveness of the European broiler industry: future perspective - P.L.M. VAN HORNE
  
  
• Future prospects for the European egg industry - P. MAGDELAINE
  
  
• Salmonella in poultry meat and eggs: can we go to a zero level? - F. VAN IMMERSEEL, I. GANTOIS, F. PASMANS, F. HAESEBROUCK AND R. DUCATELLE
  
  
• Finnish salmonella programme - J. HUSU-KALLIO
  
  
• Salmonella risk in Finnish poultry production: exploiting risk assessment in control programme evaluation - P. TUOMINEN, A. MIKKELÄ AND J. RANTA
  
  
• Epidemiology of Salmonella infections in laying hens with special emphasis on the influence of the housing system - J. DEWULF, S. VAN HOOREBEKE, F. VAN IMMERSEEL
  
  
• Is decontamination the right answer to the occurrence of pathogen bacteria on poultry meat? - L. ELLERBROEK
  
  
• Better measurements, better selection - I. DUNN
  
  
• The impact of alternative processing technologies on the quality of eggs and egg products - M. ROSSI
  
  
• What are the keypoints to understand the physico-chemical and biological activities of egg compounds - M. ANTON, C. BELHOMME, H. SIRVENTE, V. BEAUMAL, E. DAVID-BRIAND
  
  
• Avian antimicrobial peptides in hen reproductive tract and egg - V. HERVÉ-GRÉPINET, S. RÉHAULT-GODBERT, J. GAUTRON, M. HINCKE, Y. MINE AND Y. NYS
  
  
• Bacterial contamination of table eggs and the influence of housing systems - K. DE REU, W. MESSENS, K. GRIJSPEERDT, M. HEYNDRICKX, M. YUTTENDAELE, L. AND L. HERMAN
  
  
• Veterinary inspection in slaughter houses under future challenges - R. FRIES
  
  
• Measures to control campylobacter in broiler and broiler meat - H. ROSENQUIST
  
  
• Handling of by-products from the slaughter process - B. KIEPPER
  
  
• Why poultry should be stunned at slaughter and the welfare advantages and challenges of electrical and gas stunning - R.J. BUHR
  
  
• Electrical stunning of broiler chickens - S. PRINZ
  
  
• Anoxic stunning of poultry - D.E.F. MCKEEGAN, J. LOWE, A. COENEN, J. LANKHAAR AND C. WATHES
  
  
• Controlled atmosphere stunning - B. LAMBOOIJ
  
  
• The role of connective tissue in poultry meat quality - E. PUOLANNE AND L. VOUTILA
  
  
• Effects of stress before slaughter on the quality of poultry meat - H. REMIGNON
  
  
• Techniques for measuring meat quality - E. MORAN
  
  
• Functional genomics reveal numerous novel egg proteins - J. GAUTRON, K. MANN, P.G. RIGHETTI, S. RÉHAULT-GODBERT, V. JONCHÈRE, V. HERVÉ-GRÉPINET AND Y. NYS

Egg Quality: Original Papers

• Mutual Effects of the Swiss Salmonella Enteritidis-control programme for layers: a success story - R.K. HOOP
  
  
• Evaluation of bacterial indicators for monitoring the Salmonella Enteritidis status of layer farms - I. DEWAELE, R. DUCATELLE, L. HERMAN, M. HEYNDRICKX AND K. DE REU
  
  
• Vaccination with concealed antigens to control D. gallinae infestations in laying hens - D. HARRINGTON, J. DE LA FUENTE, M. CANALES, J. GUY, K. ROBINSON AND O. SPARAGANO
  
  
• The deposition of the eggshells' cuticle is a moderately heritable trait - M. BAIN, K. MCDADE, M. SCHMUTZ, R. PREISINGER, D. WADDINGTON AND I.C. DUNN
  
  
• QTL for egg shell quality - M. TUISKULA-HAAVISTO, M. HONKATUKIA, W. WEI, I. DUNN, R. PREISINGER AND J. VILKKI
  
  
• Screening of novel uterine proteins involved in eggshell formation using cDNA - V. JONCHERE, S. RÉHAULT-GODBERT, L. COGBURN, C. HENNEQUET, C. CABAU, V. SIBUT, V. HERVÉ-GRÉPINET, Y. NYS AND J. GAUTRON
  
  
• Analysis of blood spots in egg layers - M. HONKATUKIA, M. TUISJULA-HAAVISTO, V. AHOLA, R. PREISINGER, P. VENNERSTRÖM AND J. VILKKI
  
  
• The effect of Camelina sativa cake on fatty acid composition and sensory quality of eggs and broiler meat - I. ARONEN, E. VALKONEN, T. TUPASELA, J. HIIDENHOVI AND J. VALAJA
  
  
• Penetration of Salmonella Enteritidis through the vitelline membrane of hen's eggs as affected by its strength during the laying period - S. LELEU, L. HERMAN, M. HEYNDRICKX, E. DELEZIE, M. BAIN, J. GAUTRON, C. MICHIELS, J. DE BAERDEMAEKER AND W. MESSENS
  
  
• Effects of vaccine strains of infectious bronchitis virus on egg quality in unvaccinated and vaccinated laying hens - J. ROBERTS AND K. CHOUSALKAR
  
  
• Relationship between egg quality traits and hatchability in pure-line white layer strains - D. CAVERO AND M. SCHMUTZ
  
  
• Effect of egg washing on the cuticle of table eggs - W. MESSENS, S. LELEU, S. DE PRETER, L. HERMAN, K. DE REU, J. DE BAERDEMAEKER AND M. BAIN
  
  
• Selection of a chitosan type for eggshell coating to reduce shell contamination - S. LELEU, L. HERMAN, M. HEYNDRICKX, K. DE REU, C. MICHIELS, J. DE BAERDEMAEKER AND W. MESSENS
  
  
• Eggshell bacterial levels of non-washed and washed eggs from caged and cage-free hens - R.J. BUHR, J.F. HANNAH, J.L. WILSON, N.A. COX, L.J. RICHARDSON, J.A. CASON AND M.T. MUSGROVE
  
  
• Monitoring the health of brown layers using the transmission colour value of the eggs defined by VIS/NIR spectroscopy - K. MERTENS, I. VAESEN, B. KEMPS, J. LÖFFEL, J. ZOONS, E. DECUYPERE, J. DE BAERDEMAEKER AND B. DE KETELAERE
  
  
• Finite element analysis of the relationships between dynamic, physical and mechanical egg properties - C. PERIANU, B. DE KETELAERE, K. MERTENS, B. PLUYMERS, W. DESMET, J.G. DE BAERDEMAEKER AND E.M. DECUYPERE
  
  
• CO2 MAP for the improvement of physico-chemical and technological properties of egg white - P. ROCCOLI, E. COCCI, F. SIRRI AND . DALLA ROSA
  
  
• The effects of different degradation methods for solubility and bioactive properties of ovomucin - J. HIIDENHOVI, A. HIETANEN, R. HUOPALAHTI AND E.-L. RYHÄNEN
  
  
• Modification of lysozyme by dry-heating: small cause, big effect - Y. DESFOUGÈRES, V. LECHEVALIER, S. PÉZENNEC, S. BEAUFILS, V. VIE AND F. NAU
  
  
• OVONUTRIAL project: technologies impact on nutritional value and allergenicity of egg proteins - F. NAU
  
  
• Tailoring eggs for health benefits: The challenge of eggs more compatible with CVD and possibly egg-associated diabetes risks - N. SHAPIRA
  
  
• Egg quality characteristics of organic laying hens fed different levels of Salvia officinalis - D. GALAMATIS, G. ARSENOS, E. BOURTZI-HATZOPOULOU, A. TSERVENI-GOUSSI AND P. FORTOMARIS
  
  
• Organic egg quality parameters influenced by feed, hen line and forage material - M. HAMMERSHØJ AND S. STEENFELDT
  
  
• Assessment of the efficacy of a low-temperature gas plasma prototype for surface decontamination of table eggs - L. VANNINI, C.L. MONTANARI, A. BERARDINELLI, L. RAGNI, F. SIRRI AND M.E. GUERZONI
  
  
• A market study on the quality of eggs from different housing systems - K. DE REU, K. RENDERS, G. MAERTENS, W. MESSENS, W. REYBROECK, S. OOGHE, L. HERMAN AND E. DAESELEIRE
  
  
• Environmental monitoring of Salmonella Enteritidis on positive layer farms - I. DEWAELE, H. VAN MEIRHAEGE, M. VANROBAEYS, R. DUCATELLE, G. RASSCHAERT, L. HERMAN, M. HEYNDRICKX AND K. DE REU
  
  
• Nutritive value of treated brown marine algae in pullet and laying diets - A.A. ELDEEK AND M.A. AL-HARTHI
  
  
• The effect of housing system and storage time on egg quality characteristics - M. ENGLMAIEROVA AND E. TUMOVÁ
  
  
• Opportunities for Integrated Pest Management to control the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae - D. HARRINGTON, D. GEORGE, J. GUY AND O. SPARAGANO
  
  
• Effects of microbial phytase supplementation on the performance, egg quality, and phosphorus - SHAHAB GHAZI HARSINI, R. MAHDAVI AND M. SALIMI
  
  
• Optimalization of egg white foam forming - K. MIKOVA AND H. BOVSKOVA
  
  
• Hot air treatment for surface decontamination of table eggs - A. LUCCHI, F. PASQUALI, A. FABBRI, G. MANFREDA AND A. FRANCHINI
  
  
• Quality of eggs of hybrid and Italian breeds hens reared under an organic production system - C. DE FASSI RIZZI AND M. CASSANDRO
  
  
• The influence of halloysite supplementation in laying hens feeding on egg yolk lipid fraction - M. SKIBA, M. KULOK, R. KOLACZ, T. SKIBA
  
  
• Comparative effects of inorganic and organic selenium sources on performance, eggshell quality and egg .. - M. YOUSSEFI AND H. SARI
  
  
• Effects of dietary vitamin E on immunological stress of layers - G.P. ZHAO, M.J. HAN, M.Q. ZHENG, J.L. CHEN AND J. WEN

Poultry Meat Quality: Original Papers

• Bacterial numbers of broiler chickens affected by sampling methods and location - D.P. SMITH
  
  
• Use of Dietary Mannobiose to Reduce Gut Salmonella and Campylobacter in Broiler Chickens and Turkeys - Y. HAN
  
  
• Response of the specific immune system on cecal colonization of slow-growing broiler chickens reared on litter contaminated by Campylobacter jejuni - S. VANDEPLAS, R. DUBOIS DAUPHIN, Y. BEKERS, P. THONART AND A. THÉWIS
  
  
• Carcass quality and safety during campylobacteriosis - O.I. KASYANENKO, T.I. FOTINA AND J.E. DVORSKA
  
  
• Effect of preslaughter transport duration on meat quality of broilers slaughtered at different body weights and seasons - S. YALCIN AND H. CEM GÜLER
  
  
• Effect of four natural antioxidants on automatically deboned broiler meat - M.A. FELLENBERG AND I. PEÑA
  
  
• Technological characteristics of turkey breast rolls produced with fresh or thawed meat and different formulations - M. PETRACCI, M. BIANCHI, A. FRANCHINI AND C. CAVANI
  
  
• Effects of sample preparation on the water/protein ratio of poultry cuts in relation to the identification of extraneous water - G. HAHN, M. JUDAS AND W. BRANSCHEID
  
  
• Functional genomics of pre-slaughter stress responses in chicken muscle - C. MOLETTE, D. HAZARD, Z. WADIH-MOUSSA, F. LÉTISSE, H. RÉMIGNON AND X. FERNANDEZ
  
  
• Effects of functional feed ingredients on the quantities and qualities of chicken meat and egg - S. HASEGAWA, K. HONDA, H. KAMISOYAMA AND K. HAYASHI
  
  
• The effect of flaxseed on the fatty acid profile of the quail meat - A. KELEMPEKOGLOU, P.D. FORTOMARIS, A.L. YANNAKOPOULOS, P.V. NISIANAKIS AND A.S. TSERVENI-GOUSSI
  
  
• Influence of the season of the year on some technological parameters and ultrastructure of PSE - T. LESIOW, T. SZMANKO, M. KORZENIOWSKA, L. BOBAK AND M. OZIEMBLOWSKI
  
  
• Analysis of microbiological and chemical quality of poultry meat in the vicinity of the Mbeubeuss Landfill - A. MISSOHOU, M. MBODJ, D. ZANGA, S. NIANG, K.S.B. SYLLA, M. SEYDI, O. CISSÉ AND W.S. SECK
  
  
• Colour and fatty acid profile of abdominal fat pads from broiler chickens fed lobster meal - B.M. RATHGEBER, D.M. ANDERSON, K.L. THOMPSON, L. MACISAAC AND S. BUDGE
  
  
• Sensory properties of broiler meat: a comparison between different experimental series and origins - M. RISTIC
  
  
• Slaughtering performance and carcass quality of three Italian chicken breeds - C. DE FASSI RIZZI AND M. CASSANDRO
  
  
• Further aspects on the effect of different n-3 and n-6 fatty acid sources in broiler diets - N.A. SELIM AND A.M. ABDEL-KHALEK
  
  
• Response of growing rabbits to dietary antioxidant vitamins E and C. 2. Effect on meat quality - N.A. SELIM, A.M. ABDEL-KHALEK, S.A. NADA AND SH.A. EL-MEDANY
  
  
• Effect of different elctrical stunning conditions on meat quality in broilers - S. SIMONOVIC AND M.A. GRASHORN
  
  
• The use of laying type cockerels as poussins: growth performance and carcass quality - M. KOENIG, G. HAHN, K. DAMME AND M. SCHMUTZ