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Food production

US4738853A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 1985
Grant dateApr 19, 1988
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Expiry dateApr 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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