| abstract |
This invention provides a method of increasing the concentration of omega-3, polyunsaturated fatty acids in poultry which comprises administering to the poultry an effective amount of preformed omega-3, polyunsaturated fatty acid or a metabolic precursor thereof. The invention also involves a poultry feed composition useful in effecting this result. Also disclosed is a method of increasing the concentration of omega-3, polyunsaturated fatty acids in poultry eggs which comprises administering to the poultry egg layers an effective amount of preformed omega-3, polyunsaturated fatty acid or a metabolic precursor thereof. Further disclosed is a chicken and a poultry egg, each having omega-3, polyunsaturated fatty acids at a concentration greater than that which naturally occurs or is normally present. |