Two hundred fifty-six 18-wk-old Shaver White and ISA-Brown pullets were fed commercial diets containing either 0 or 10% flaxseed in order to study the long-term effects of feeding flaxseed on hen performance and egg production parameters. Performance was monitored over 10 consecutive 28-d periods. Flaxseed was introduced gradually at 28 wk of age and was maintained until hens were 53 wk of age,...

Milled flaxseed was incorporated (0-20%) into a combination of bean-corn flours and extruded in a twin screw extruder using corn curl method. Physicochemical parameters such as water activity, color, expansion ratio, bulk density, lipid content, and peroxide values of extruded snack were analyzed. Scanning electron micrographs were taken. Peroxide values and propanal contents were measured over...

The objective of the study was to determine if flaxseed treated with a formaldehyde-free process could increase n-3 fatty acid (FA) concentrations in lamb and steer muscle. Twenty-four lambs (initial BW 43.8 ± 4.4 kg) were randomly divided into 4 groups for a 90-d trial. One treatment group (FLX) was fed 136 g/d of nontreated ground flaxseed; another treatment group (FLXT1) was fed 136 g/d of f...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder commonly found in females their reproductive ages and associated with hirsutism, obesity, menstrual irregularities, insulin resistance. PCOS management includes the medicinal approach increased incidence of PCOS, herbal has been increasing which flaxseeds flaxseed oil but to further explore benefits, more researches are be conducted af...

A biological experiment of six weeks duration, followed by several laboratory investigations were carried out to study the effect of designer layer mash (DLM) containing full fat flaxseed, oil rich sardine fish, Holy Basil leaf meal (BLM), vitamin E and Organic selenium (Sel-plex), on haematology of layers. Both designer diet and BLM had significant effect on haematology of layers. They also ex...

flaxseed is rich in omega-3 essential fatty acids, lignans, dietary fiber and natural antioxidants such as tocopherols. because of its functional effect in preventing disease, flaxseed is used as an ingredient to fortify food formulations. bread is a major food product in iran. fortification of wheat flour with ground flaxseed makes use of the healthy benefits of flaxseed. this study investigat...

The objective of the present study was to find the optimum dose of flaxseed that would decrease PG and alter oestrogen pathway endpoints implicated in ovarian cancer. In the study, four groups of fifty 1.5-year-old chickens were fed different amounts of flaxseed (0, 5, 10 or 15% of their total diet) for 4 months and were then killed to collect blood and tissues. Levels of flaxseed lignan metabo...