Poultry meat and eggs comprising beneficial fatty acids

Abstract

The present disclosure provides for improved poultry products and methods of producing such poultry products by incorporating healthy lipids containing stearidonic acid into animal feed products. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides methods for producing said products. In one embodiment of the disclosure, a poultry animal may be fed feed comprising a transgenic plant product. In other embodiments of the disclosure, poultry white meat and dark meat products comprising SDA, EPA, DPA, and DHA are disclosed. In further embodiments of the disclosure, poultry eggs comprising SDA, EPA, DHA, and DPA are disclosed.

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[0001] The present disclosure relates to enhancing desirable characteristics of poultry or poultry products by introducing beneficial fatty acids in animal feed or animal feed supplements. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods of preparing and processing poultry products comprising polyunsaturated fatty acids, including stearidonic acid. Background technique

[0002] The present disclosure relates to methods of improving poultry tissue, or meat and eggs prepared from animals, by using plant-derived linoleic acid ("SDA") or SDA oil in animal feed. In particular, the present inventors provide techniques and methods for the use of transgenic plant-derived SDA compositions in animal feed products that improve the nutritional quality of poultry-derived preparations or the productivity of the animals themselves.

[0003] Many studies have been conducted on the pathological association between dietary fat and pathologies such as obesity and at...

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