Fatty acid composition of faeces of aboriginal farm animals

The article presents a comparative analysis of fatty acid profiles in the faeces of aboriginal farm animals - camels of the Trans-Baikal ecotype and the Buryat horses. We have collected thirty-eight animal faecal samples and analyzed the extracted FAs by chromatomass spectrometry. 39 different fatty acids were found in animal fecal samples. The fatty acid composition is represented by saturated, monounsaturated and one polyunsaturated acids. Along with straight-chain fatty acids we have also found cinnamon and phenylbenzoic acids, characteristic of plants, as well as branched iso- and anteiso-acids, aldehydes, and alcohols, characteristic of bacteria and microscopic fungi, in faecal samples.