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  • Vitamin E with the addition of flaxseed to create designer eggs

    Creator:
    Johnson, Rebecca C.
    Abstract:
    Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of various levels of vitamin E on egg yolk. A diet of corn-flax-soybean meal was fed to layers and α-tocopherol content in eggs, egg production, and egg quality were evaluated. In experiment 2, vitamin E toxicity was also determined. In experiment 1,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    groups and fed diets formulated to contain 15, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, or 3000 IU a-tocopherol/kg of feed

  • Legume grains (Phaseolus vulgaris and Pisum sativum) of the Pacific Northwest as an alternative broiler feedstuff

    Creator:
    Antoine, Sarah-Cate
    Abstract:
    Increasing commodity and fuel prices can be a deterrent to growing broilers in the Pacific Northwest. One of the most common protein components of the broiler ration is soybean meal derived from soybeans grown in the Midwestern United States. In an effort to reduce the reliance on this product, alternative...
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    Masters Thesis
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    outperformed both white and red beans, but weight gain and feed efficiency of all three were significantly

  • Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and leukotriene production in poultry

    Creator:
    Jha, Shantibhushan
    Abstract:
    Inflammation is the body's response to injury and is characterized by pain, swelling, redness, and heat. Eicosanoids are lipid mediators of inflammation. Leukotrienes (LT) are 20-carbon eicosanoids produced from arachidonic acid (AA), an n-6 fatty acid (FA), and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), an n-3 FA. LT produced from AA are proinflammatory...
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    of feeding diets that differed in n-6 and n-3 FA ratios to breeder hens was investigated with regard