Long-term effects of feeding flaxseed on performance and egg fatty acid composition of Brown and White hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 388-394

  Bean, L D ^a   Leeson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Docosahexaenoic acid; Flaxseed; ISA Brown; Linolenic acid; Shaver White

Indexed keywords

AVES; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EGG WHITE; FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLEEDING; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FLAX; HISTOLOGY; LIVER DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; DIET; EGG SHELL; EGG WHITE; EGG YOLK; EGGS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FLAX; HEMORRHAGE; LIVER DISEASES; OVIPOSITION; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037534452     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.3.388     Document Type: Article

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