Heavier piglets with omega-3 fatty acids

Health y omega-3 fatty acids can benefit both the sow and her off spring. Francis Palmer explains a trial in which this was put to the test.   Over recent years research has highlighted the importance of omega-3 fatty acids in health nutrition. These are especially long-chain unsaturated fatty acids, only discovered in the 1960s with the advent of good detection techniques. Of the ten or so omega-3 fatty acids only two are of significance and they are EPA and DHA (eicosapentaenoic and doc