Fatty acid content of the lipid fraction of the meat of chickens fed mixed feeds with added bacterial protein
Monov, G.; Ionova, I.; Petkov, R.; Miteva, E.
Veterinarno-Meditsinski Nauki 21(7-8): 74-78
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0324-1068 PMID: 6506461 Document Number: 227321
Studies were carried out to establish the content of fatty acids in the lipid fraction of the meat of birds that were given combined feeds with the supplement of bacterial protein. A Perkin Elmer gas chromatograph with a flame-ionization detector were used to evaluate the fatty acid content. It was found that with the increase in the bacterial protein content of the feed mixtures there was a rising trend in the sum total of the unsaturated fatty acids (C16:1, C18:1, C18:2) and a lowering one of the saturated fatty acids (C14, C16, C18) as against their content in the meat of the control group.