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Egg Shell Composition

Egg Shell Composition is a structural construct in avian reproductive biology that specifies the inorganic and organic constituents, primarily calcium carbonate and matrix proteins, forming the calcified protective layer surrounding the avian egg.

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Designer eggs: from improvement of egg composition to functional food

N.H.C. Sparks · Trends in Food Science & Technology · 2001 · 298 citations

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Organochlorine pesticide, polychlorobiphenyl, and mercury residues in bald eagle eggs?1969?79?and their relationships to shell thinning and reproduction

Stanley N. Wiemeyer, Thair G. Lamont, Christine M. Bunck et al. · Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology · 1984 · 241 citations

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Preparation and properties of calcium oxide from eggshells via calcination

Nuchnapa Tangboriboon, Ruksapong Kunanuruksapong, Anuvat Sirivat · Materials Science-Poland · 2012 · 203 citations

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Heavy metals in avian eggshells: Another excretion method

Joanna Burger · Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health · 1994 · 196 citations

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Comparative Body Compartment Composition and <i>In Ovo</i> Transfer of Organophosphate Flame Retardants in North American Great Lakes Herring Gulls

Alana K. Greaves, Robert J. Letcher · Environmental Science & Technology · 2014 · 196 citations

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  1. DR
    D.A. Roland

    Auburn University, United States

    7 publications · 314 citations

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  2. RH
    R.H. Harms

    University of Florida, United States

    6 publications · 115 citations

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  3. GO
    Grzegorz Orłowski

    Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

    6 publications · 111 citations

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  4. CT
    C. Tyler

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 153 citations

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  5. SH
    S. Hurwitz

    Agricultural Research Organization, Israel

    5 publications · 261 citations

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Institutions

396

  1. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    844 citations

  2. Auburn University

    Auburn, United States

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    8 h-index

    24 publications

    586 citations

  4. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    921 citations

  5. Agricultural Research Organization

    Rishon LeZiyyon, Israel

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    629 citations

  6. Polish Academy of Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    123 citations

  7. Instytut Środowiska Rolniczego i Leśnego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

    Poznan, Poland

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    111 citations

  8. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    257 citations

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  1. Poultry Science

    90 publications · 3.1K citations

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  2. British Poultry Science

    17 publications · 731 citations

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  3. Ornithological Applications

    9 publications · 210 citations

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  4. The Auk

    7 publications · 306 citations

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  5. Canadian Journal of Zoology

    7 publications · 215 citations

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