Duration of the flaxseed diet promotes deposition of n-3 fatty acids in the meat and skin of Peking ducks.

Conclusion: Overall, we found that increasing the duration of flaxseed diet with vitamin E for more than 10 days had a mild adverse effect on duck's growth performance but enrichedits meat with long-chain PUFA and decreased the n-6 to n-3 ratio, providing quality meat for health-conscious consumers. A period of 20 days is good for producing n-3 enriched Peking duck meat and skin. PMID: 31839790 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31839790?dopt=Abstract

Source: Food and Nutrition Research - December 17, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: Shahid MS, Wu Y, Xiao Z, Raza T, Dong X, Yuan J Tags: Food Nutr Res Source Type: research