Intro
Foreword
Preface
Contents
Editor and Contributors
Part I Introduction
1 Poultry and Egg Production: An Overview
Introduction
Current Scenario of Poultry and Egg Production
Eggs
Challenges and Opportunity
Productivity
Efficient Management
Green House Gas Emission
Poultry Feed Safety
Animal Welfare
Potential Solutions
Conclusions
References
2 Egg Formation and Embryonic Development: An Overview
Introduction
Egg Structure
Nutritive Values of Chicken Egg
Water
Protein
Fat
Vitamin and Mineral
Pigment
Choline

Biology of Egg Formation
Breeds for Egg Production
Layer Strains
ISA Brown
Novogen Brown
Shaver Brown
BV 300 (White)
Hy-Line W-36
Broiler Strains
Cobb 500
Ross 308
Hubbard Classic
Arbor Acres
Lohman
Fertilization, Embryo Development and Hatching
Conclusion
References
Part II Table Eggs and Hatching Eggs
3 Non-destructive Quality Assessment of Table Eggs for Online Sorting
Introduction
Importance of Non-destructive Quality Assessment
External and Internal Characteristics of Eggs

Non-destructive Testing Methods of Determining the Quality of Eggs
Spectroscopic Methods in Egg Quality Assessment
Conclusion
References
4 Grading of Hatching Eggs
Introduction
Grading Parameter
Fertility Based Grading
Hyperspectral Imaging
Computer Vision and Imaging Techniques
Chick Gender-Based Grading
Molecular Assay
Hormone
Spectral Method
Hatching Time Based Grading
Other Parameters
Double Yolk
Egg-Shell Thickness
Conclusion
References
5 Non-destructive Technologies for Embryo Gender Prediction
Introduction

Challenges of in Ovo Gender Identification
Non-destructive Protocols
In Ovo Sex Determination by Non-optical Methods
Morphological Technique
Egg Odor
In Ovo Sex Determination by Optical Methods
Reflectance Spectroscopy and Hyperspectral Imaging
Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Near-Infrared Sensor
Virus Spectroscopy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Visible Transmission Spectroscopy
Machine Learning in Gender Prediction
Future Perspectives
Conclusion
References
6 Potentiality of Terahertz Wave in Egg and Poultry Research
Introduction

Prediction of Eggshell Thickness
Refractive Index of Eggshell
Hen's Age Dependency of Eggshell Refractive Index
Conclusion
References
Part III Poultry Informatics
7 Chemometric for Spectroscopy-Based Egg and Poultry Research
Introduction
What is Chemometrics?
Exploratory Data Analysis
Principal Component Analysis
Supervised and Unsupervised Learning
Classification Modeling
K-means Clustering
Linear Discriminant Analysis
Support Vector Machines
Soft Independent Modeling of Class Analogy
Partial Least Squares Discriminant Analysis