Poultry meat and eggs comprising beneficial fatty acids

US8323708B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Monsanto Technology LLC · US

Inventors

• Gary Hartnell · Saint Peters, US
• Virginia Ursin · Pawcatuck, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 16, 2009
• Grant date: Dec 4, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 27, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23K50/75
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present disclosure provides for improved poultry products and methods of producing such poultry products by incorporating healthy lipids containing stearidonic acid into animal feed products. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides methods for producing said products. In one embodiment of the disclosure, a poultry animal may be fed feed comprising a transgenic plant product. In other embodiments of the disclosure, poultry white meat and dark meat products comprising SDA, EPA, DPA, and DHA are disclosed. In further embodiments of the disclosure, poultry eggs comprising SDA, EPA, DHA, and DPA are disclosed.