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Yield, Lipid, Cholesterol and Fatty Acid Composition of Spent Hens Fed Full‐Fat Oil Seeds and Fish Meal Diets
Author(s) -
AJUYAH A. O.,
HARDIN R. T.,
CHEUNG K.,
SIM J.S.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1992.tb05489.x
Subject(s) - canola , food science , meal , fish meal , fish oil , composition (language) , chemistry , fatty acid , cholesterol , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , fishery
ABSTRACT Yield, proximate and fatty acids composition of white and dark meats and whole carcasses were determined in spent hens fed flax or canola seeds, fish meal and a control diet. Live weights and percent carcass cut‐up yield were not affected by the diets fed. However, hens fed flax seed diets contained significantly (P< 0.05) lower levels of cholesterol in the dark meat than the control group. The inclusion of oil seeds, in particular flax seeds in the hens diet, enriched the meats with omega‐3 fatty acids (C18:3ω>3; C20:5ω3; C22:5ω3). Omega‐3 fatty acids enriched poultry meats from spent hens could be useful in the development of “health oriented” further processed poultry products.