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Utilization of egg-laying hens (Gallus Gallus domesticus) for production of ingredients for human consumption and animal feed

Abstract

In Norway, 3 million discarded egg-laying hens are destructed annually, which equals 1500 tons pure hen meat. Due to the slaughter methods used, this raw material is handled as a high-risk waste, while in reality it constitutes a source of valuable components like proteins and lipids.
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Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Ocean / Fisheries and New Biomarine Industry
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Date

06.05.2020

Year

2020

Published in

BMC Biotechnology

Volume

20

Issue

22

External resources

View this publication at Norwegian Research Information Repository