'Feed farm animals fish oil to improve nation's health'

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'Feed farm animals fish oil to improve nation's health'

20:50pm 18th June 2006

Routinely feeding fish oil to farmed animals and poultry could benefit human

health, research shows.

Including the oil in animals' diets would increase levels of healthy omega 3

fats in their meat, a report in the British Nutrition Foundation's nutrition

bulletin says.

This in turn could help tackle low-levels of omega 3 consumption among

people in the UK.

The " very long chain " fatty acids known as n-3 polyunsaturates are commonly

found in oily fish and can help protect against heart disease in humans.

But consumption of the important fatty acids among UK adults is well below

the recommended amount, according to the report by University of Reading

researchers.

Only 27% of UK adults eat any oil-rich fish apart from canned tuna, the

report says.

Its co-author Ian Givens, Professor of Animal Science at the University of

Reading, said omega-3 enriched milk and eggs were already on shop shelves.

That concept could be extended to meat and poultry products in order to

benefit human health, he said.

Prof Givens added: " The potential of enriched animal-derived foods,

especially poultry meat, could be crucial in achieving increased intake of

fatty acids.

" If successful and accepted by the consumer, this could prove to be a major

advance in the health of the nation. "

In the long term, other plant-based sources of the fatty acids could be

developed in order to meet demand, the report concludes.