ArticleBrazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]2026
Alternative protocols for sanitizing hatching eggs and their effects on the microbiota of eggshell surface and chick yolk sac.
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- Ultraviolet Light, Hydrogen Peroxide, Peracetic Acid, and Ozone as Sanitizers for Hatching Eggs: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
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Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different sanitization procedures on the eggshell surface and yolk sac microbiota of one-day-old chicks. Hatching eggs were collected from a 70-wk-old Cobb500® commercial broiler breeder flock and distributed in a completely randomized design with seven treatments: fumigation with paraformaldehyde (4.63 g/m3/30 min; FORM), fumigation with ozone (5-15ppm/30 min; Ozone), ultraviolet light-C irradiation (8.09 mW/cm2; 120 s; UV-C), hydrogen peroxide spraying (3%; 0.69 mL/egg; H2O2), peracetic acid spraying (0.3%; 0.69mL/egg; PAC), water spraying (0.69mL/egg; Water) and without sanitization (dry control - Dry). Culture-dependent methodology was carried out to isolate the microorganisms from eggshell surface (n = 224) and yolk sac in one-day-old chicks (n = 91), followed by identification by mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF). Proteobacteria phylum was dominant on egg structures evaluated, with nineteen genera identified on the eggshell surface and twelve in the yolk sac. The most abundant genera found on eggshell surfaces and in yolk sacs were Staphylococcus spp. (18%) and Escherichia spp. (32.6%), respectively. Among the sanitization protocols tested, ultraviolet light-C irradiation and peracetic acid spraying decreased the presence of Staphylococcus spp. and Escherichia spp. in hatching eggs. Eggshell and yolk sac microbiota of newly hatched chicks were dominated by Staphylococcus and Escherichia species, respectively. UV-C irradiation and peracetic acid effectively reduced eggshell Staphylococcus, with peracetic acid also decreasing yolk sac Escherichia. These findings support UV-C and peracetic acid as effective alternatives to formaldehyde in commercial hatcheries.
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