Food production
US4738853A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 4, 1985 |
| Grant date | Apr 19, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S426/807
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of maintaining hens or other domesticated birds for egg production, comprises giving the birds feed supplemented with .gamma.-linolenic acid or one or more higher acids in the n-6 series, in the form of the free acid or as an ester, amide, phospholipid, salt or other physiologically acceptable derivative convertible in the bird's body to, or having the effect of, the free acid.
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