Recently there has been a renewed interest in using flaxseed and flax oil in animal feed, as it provides health benefits to both the animal and the consumer. 

Specifically, flax contains a large amount of alpha-linolenic fatty acid (ALA), an omega-3 fatty acid essential to human health. Food experts have found omega-3’s are in short supply in many diets, which has driven interest from livestock, poultry and aquafeed producers for ingredients with more omega-3’s, such as flax.