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RAISED OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID LEVELS IN PIGS FED FLAX

  • CUNNANE S
  • GANGULI S
  • ARMSTRONG J
  • et al.
Canadian Journal of Animal Science (1990) 70(1) 251-254
DOI: 10.4141/cjas90-029
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Abstract

Young growing pigs fed a creep feed containing 5% flax for 8 wk had significantly higher amounts of omega-3 fatty acids in liver, kidney, heart, skin, subcutaneous adipose tissue, and muscle than pigs fed the same diet containing no flax. Increased amounts of desaturation-elongation products of alpha-linolenic acid were observed in liver, heart, kidney and brain. Key words: Flax, alpha-linolenic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, linoleic acid, arachidonic acid

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CUNNANE, S. C., GANGULI, S., ARMSTRONG, J. K., & STITT, P. A. (1990). RAISED OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID LEVELS IN PIGS FED FLAX. Canadian Journal of Animal Science, 70(1), 251–254. https://doi.org/10.4141/cjas90-029

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