Production and Evaluation of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Enriched Pork
Published:November 30, 2012
Summary
Introduction
Value added pork products may be produced by enriching pork with health benefits providing omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). It was hypothesized that feeding n-3 PUFA from ground flaxseed (FS; α-linolenic acid, ALA, is primary n-3 PUFA) or fish oil (FO; containing ALA and other long chain n-3 PUFA) only during the grower and early finisher phase represents ...