This invention describes feed supplement, and processes which increase the amount
of essential fatty acids in the milk, eggs, meat and other by-products from animals
including dairy cattle, beef cattle, goats and poultry. The food supplement described
herein includes specific fish meal, fish oil, algae or plant dietary supplements
combined with a natural ingredient/coating mixture, which can be either talc, clay
or combinations; or mixtures of talc or clay with flax sprout powder to achieve
enhanced levels of the essential fatty acids in the milk, eggs, meat and processed
livestock products from animals fed this dietary supplement. In ruminants, the
natural ingredient/coating mixture prevents microbial degradation of the essential
fatty acids in the rumen stomach of the animals fed with this composition, thus
providing more of the essential fatty acids to the animal, for their use. This
in turn results in improved concentrations in the milk, meat and processed products
from these animals. Poultry fed with this food supplement also have a higher concentration
of essential fatty acids in their eggs and meat.