Maureen M. Bain

Best Publications

• Increasing persistency in lay and stabilising egg quality in longer laying cycles. What are the challenges

  M. M. Bain;Y. Nys;I.C. Dunn

  363
  Citations

• Genetic variation for egg production, egg quality and bone strength in selected and traditional breeds of laying fowl

  Paul M Hocking;M Bain;C E Channing;Robert Fleming

  181
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• Organic matrix composition and ultrastructure of eggshell: a comparative study.

  M Panheleux;M Bain;M S Fernandez;I Morales

  179
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• Recent advances in the assessment of eggshell quality and their future application

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  170
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• Monitoring of Eggshell Breakage and Eggshell Strength in Different Production Chains of Consumption Eggs

  K. Mertens;F. Bamelis;B. Kemps;B. Kamers

  148
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• Polymorphisms in eggshell organic matrix genes are associated with eggshell quality measurements in pedigree Rhode Island Red hens.

  Ian Dunn;N. T. Joseph;M. Bain;A. Edmond

  146
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• Genetic variation in eggshell crystal size and orientation is large and these traits are correlated with shell thickness and are associated with eggshell matrix protein markers.

  Ian Dunn;A. B. Rodriguez-Navarro;K. McDade;M. Schmutz

  109
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• Enhancing the egg's natural defence against bacterial penetration by increasing cuticle deposition

  M. M. Bain;K. Mcdade;R. Burchmore;A. Law

  96
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• Gallin; an antimicrobial peptide member of a new avian defensin family, the ovodefensins, has been subject to recent gene duplication

  Daoqing Gong;Daoqing Gong;Peter W F Wilson;Maureen M Bain;Karina McDade

  92
  Citations

• Eggshell strength: A relationship between the mechanism of failure and the ultrastructural organisation of the mammillary layer

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  89
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• Noninvasive monitoring of chick development in ovo using a 7T MRI system from day 12 of incubation through to hatching.

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  87
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• Heritability and genetic correlation of measurements derived from acoustic resonance frequency analysis; a novel method of determining eggshell quality in domestic hens.

  I C Dunn;M Bain;A Edmond;P W Wilson

  87
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• Soluble matrix of hen's eggshell extracts changes in vitro the rate of calcium carbonate precipitation and crystal morphology

  J. Gautron;M. Bain;S. Solomon;Y. Nys

  85
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• Effect of hen age, moult, laying environment and egg storage on egg quality.

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  66
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• Microcracks in eggs.

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  66
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• Quantitative proteomics using tandem mass tags in relation to the acute phase protein response in chicken challenged with Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide endotoxin

  Anita Horvatić;Nicolas Guillemin;Haider Kaab;Dorothy McKeegan

  59
  Citations

• The influence of line and laying period on the relationship between different eggshell and membrane strength parameters

  B. J. Kemps;T. Govaerts;B. De Ketelaere;K. Mertens

  57
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• The functional genetic architecture of egg-laying and live-bearing reproduction in common lizards.

  Hans Recknagel;Hans Recknagel;Madeleine Carruthers;Madeleine Carruthers;Andrey A. Yurchenko;Andrey A. Yurchenko;Mohsen Nokhbatolfoghahai

  55
  Citations

• New hypotheses on the function of the avian shell gland derived from microarray analysis comparing tissue from juvenile and sexually mature hens.

  I.C. Dunn;P.W. Wilson;Z. Lu;M.M. Bain

  51
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• Understanding avian egg cuticle formation in the oviduct: a study of its origin and deposition.

  Peter W. Wilson;Ceara S. Suther;Maureen M. Bain;Wiebke Icken

  44
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