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Abstract
1. The aim of this work was to compare conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) concentrations in chickens supplemented with 4 American Tissue Culture Collection (ATCC) bacterial strains, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus lactis, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus fermentum, and 4 isolates of Lactobacillus reuteri from camel, cattle, sheep and goat rumen extracts.
2. Micro-organisms were grown anaerobically in MRS broth, and 106 CFU/ml of bacteria were administered orally to mixed-sex, 1-d-old broiler chickens weekly for 4 weeks and to 23-week-old layer hens weekly for 6 weeks.
3. The 4 strains were evaluated for their effects on synthesis of CLA in hen eggs and broiler meat cuts.
4. Administration of pure Lactobacillus and isolated L. reuteri strains from camel, cattle, goat and sheep led to significantly increased CLA concentrations of 0.2–1.2 mg/g of fat in eggs and 0.3–1.88 mg/g of fat in broiler chicken flesh homogenates of leg, thigh and breast.
5. These data demonstrate that lactic acid bacteria of animal origin (L. reuteri) significantly enhanced CLA synthesis in both eggs and broiler meat cuts.
Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank the Dean of the University of Jordan Research for financial support of this work. The authors also thank the University of Mu’tah for the use of their gas chromatography and HPLC equipment.
