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Lookup NU author(s): David George, Dr Olivier Sparagano, Emeritus Professor Chris SealORCiD, Dr Robert Shiel, Dr Jonathan Guy
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Previously, it has been shown that thyme and pennyroyal essential oils have potential as acaricides against the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae. The effect of these oils on the occurrence of taint in hens’ eggs was investigated using in vitro immersion tests and in vivo methods where poultry huts containing laying hens were sprayed weekly with oil. Analysis of extracts from eggs by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS) showed that no detectable taint was present in hens’ eggs. However, consumer sniff tests, although restricted and only preliminary in nature, showed a significant negative response to the smell of both unbroken and cracked open eggs between those taken from poultry huts treated with pennyroyal essential oil and all other eggs tested. Some essential oils, such as thyme, may be more suitable as an acaracidal product than others, such as pennyroyal, for the use within a commercial poultry system for laying hens.
Author(s): Smith TJ, George DR, Sparagano OAE, Seal CJ, Shiel RS, Guy JH
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: International Journal of Food Science and Technology
Year: 2009
Volume: 44
Issue: 9
Pages: 1836-1842
ISSN (print): 0950-5423
ISSN (electronic): 1365-2621
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.2009.02008.x
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2009.02008.x
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