Production and processing of eggs from commercial laying hens

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Book: Production and Processing of Eggs from Commercial Laying Hens, Douglas Emygdio de Faria, Daniel Emygdio de Faria Filho, Mônica Roberta Mazalli, Marcos MacariInitially, I want to record that along with the main authors, there are 60 professionals involved in the 25 chapters of the Book. There are teachers of USP (FZEA, FMVZ, ESALQ), UNESP (Jaboticabal, Araçatuba, Botucatu), UNICAMP, Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG/BH), Federal University of Goiás (UFG, Jatai), Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD), Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Embrapa researchers (CNPSA/Concordia), Biological Institute of São Paulo (APTA), professionals of companies and the productive sector. The target audiences of the Book are teachers, researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, business professionals, productive sector, and egg producers. The subjects covered are the Brazilian Production of Eggs and Perspectives, Myths and Truths about Commercial Eggs, Genetic Improvement and Commercial Laying Strains, and Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive System, giving a basic view of the context. The management part is covered in the chapters of Management in the Phases of Starter and Grower, Production Phase Management, Artificial Lighting Programs for Commercial Layers, Forced Molting: Concepts, Traditional and Alternative Methods, Welfare and Ambience, Equipments for commercial laying hens, giving a more practical and applied approach. In the sequence, we have the chapters Nutrition and feeding in the Starter, Grower, and Production phases, Egg external quality, Egg internal quality, Additives, Nutraceutical Eggs: Concepts and new products, Mathematical modeling in nutrition of commercial laying hens, Management and destination of residues, Pest control, Mycotoxins and mycotoxicoses, Health: Major diseases in Commercial Laying Hens, Vaccines and vaccinations, Processing of Eggs in the Farm, Processing of Eggs in the Industry and Legislation applied to the production and marketing of eggs, completing the entire context of the publication. Sure, all the sectors mentioned above will be greatly benefited with all the technical-scientific information contained in the Book. The list of authors: Chapter 1 - Rogério Belzer, 2 - Mônica Roberta Mazalli, Daniel Emygdio de Faria Filho, José Roberto Medina Garcia, 3 - Elsio Antonio Pereira de Figueiredo, 4 - Silvana Martinez Baraldi Artoni, Lizandra Amoroso, Thays Cristina Oliveira de Quadros, Marcos Macari, 5 - Pedro de Asunción Pimenta Ribeiro, Diogo do Valle Gambaro, 6- Eliana Mitiko Numazaki, José Henrique Stringhini, Maria Inês Rodrigues da Cunha, Nadja Susana Mogyca Leandro, Marcos Barcellos Café, 7 - Evandro de Abreu Fernandes, Flávia de Souza Gomes Crosara, Fernanda Heloisa Litz, 8 - Edivaldo Antônio Garcia, Luiz Fernando Teixeira Albino, Andréa de Britto Molino, Fernando de Castro Tavernari, Leonardo Moreira Silva, 9 - Marcos Barcellos Café, Nadja Susana Mogyca Leandro, José Henrique Stringhini, Maria Inês Rodrigues da Cunha, 10 -Irenilza de Alencar Nääs, Iran José Oliveira da Silva, Rodrigo Garófallo Garcia, 11 - Leonardo José Camargos Lara, Larissa Maia Melo Amaral, Marcela Viana Trig Inelli, 12 - Douglas Emygdio de Faria, Otto Mack Junqueira, José Roberto Medina Garcia, 13 and 14 - Carla Heloisa de Faria Domingues, Douglas Emygdio de Faria, 15 - Raphael Lúcio Andreatti Filho, Edir Nepomuceno da Silva, Karina Márcia Ribeiro de Souza Born in Natal, Natalia Ramos Batista Chaves, Diana Suckeveris, 16 - Mônica Roberta Mazalli, 17 - Manoel Garcia Neto, Daniel Emygdio de Faria Filho, 18 - Karolina Von Zuben Augusto, 19 - Marcos R. Potenza, Edna C. Tucci, 20 - Everton Luís Krabbe, Edenilse Gopinger, 21 - Elisane Lenita Milbradt, Adriano Sakai Okamoto, Raphael Lucio Andreatti Filho, Antônio José Piantino Ferreira, Luis Fabian N. Nuñez. (AU)