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Fishy-egg tainting is recessively inherited when brown-shelled layers are fed canola meal.
Poultry science - 1 Apr 2009
Ward A K, Classen H L, Buchanan F C
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Feeding canola meal to brown-shelled laying hens can result in the production of eggs with a fishy odor. This fishy taint is caused by the accumulation of trimethylamine (TMA) in the yolk. Trimethylamine is produced by the bacterial fermentation of choline in the lower gut. Fishy-egg tainting is caused by a SNP in flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3 c.984A > T), rendering the hen unable to metabolize TMA into...
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