A recent publication* documents the beneficial effect of including supplemental alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) in the form of LinPRO™ in breeder diets. The treatment resulted in improved growth rate, feed conversion and breast yield in broiler progeny. Supplemental ALA was provided to broiler breeders and progeny as a 3.0 percent inclusion of a co-extruded flaxseed and pulse mixture available commercially 
as LinPRO™. This patented omega-3 fatty acid (α-Linolenic Acid; ALA) is a feed ingredient that is patented, dry-extruded and made from land-based ingredients.
Eggs were collected from breeders at 34, 44 and 54 weeks for incubation. Broiler progeny were reared to 42 days in cages. A comparison was made between a conventional corn soybean meal diet and the ALA supplemented experimental diet containing LinPRO™. The control broiler progeny from breeders fed a conventional diet and provided with a non-supplemented starter and grower diet weighed 2,630g at 42 days. This compares to broilers derived from breeders receiving the
supplemented ALA diet, but fed the control starter and grower diets, attaining 2,807g body weight. Broilers from breeders receiving the ALA-supplemented diet and in addition, ALA in starter and grower diets weighed 2,793g. The respective breast weights expressed as g. per kg body weight were 226g. and 209g. For the broilers derived from breeders supplemented with ALA and receiving ALA in their starter and grower diets, breasts weighed 239g/kg body weight. Breast weight in the broilers receiving LinPRO™ in their starter and grower diets were significantly higher than controls, demonstrating the benefit of supplementation.
*Thanabalan, A., Dreger, R. and Kiarie, E. Significance of successive feeding of sources of n-3 fatty acids to broiler breeders and their progeny on growth performance, intestinal lesions scores, lymphoid organ weights and plasma immunoglobulin-A in broiler chickens. Poultry Science 103 doi.org./10/1016/j. psj.2024.103796