What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine whether sinapine present in dietary rapeseed meal is associated with the production of fishy-tainted eggs in susceptible hens.

September 1, 1977British Poultry Science

Rapeseed meal and egg taint: Association with sinapine

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AHA. Hobson‐FrohockNorwich University GFG. Roger FenwickUniversity of East Anglia RHRobert K. HeaneyUnilever (United Kingdom)

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Nutritional study links sinapine in rapeseed meal to fishy trimethylamine taint in brown-shelled eggs, indicating dietary precursors drive poultry product off-flavors.

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To examine whether sinapine present in dietary rapeseed meal is associated with the production of fishy-tainted eggs in susceptible hens.
Evaluated the effects of feeding rapeseed meal to susceptible brown-egg-laying hens.
Assessed the association between meal-derived sinapine and the occurrence of trimethylamine accumulation responsible for egg taint.
Dietary intake of rapeseed meal led to the accumulation of trimethylamine in brown-shelled eggs from susceptible hens.
The occurrence of fishy egg taint was directly associated with the presence of sinapine within the rapeseed meal.

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Hobson‐Frohock et al. (1977) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a08f04e3589fa5d64d60c8d https://doi.org/10.1080/00071667708416400

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Nutritional study links sinapine in rapeseed meal to fishy trimethylamine taint in brown-shelled eggs, indicating dietary precursors drive poultry product off-flavors.

Rapeseed meal and egg taint: Association with sinapine

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Rapeseed meal and egg taint: Association with sinapine

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