M. Shahidul Alam
Department of Botany, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
M. S. Alam
Department of Botany, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
M. Rafiqul Islam
Department of Botany, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
Most. Ferdousi Begum
Department of Botany, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
Montaz Ali Sarkar
Department of Botany, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
M. Sabina Banu
Department of Botany, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh
ABSTRACT
Six types of poultry feed ingredients viz. maize, rice bran, sesame oil cake, soybean oil cake, wheat husk and oyster shell were used for determination of the presence of fungal flora. Eight genera of fungi have been isolated and identified. The genus Aspergillus was the highest in frequency followed by Penicillium, Rhizopus, Fusarium, Paecilomyces, Scopulariopsis, Alternaria and Candida. Sesame oil cake was the highest contaminated (43.15%) and oyster shell was the lowest (3.06%). Fungal contamination of poultry feed ingredients increased with the increase in their moisture content and storage period.
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M. Shahidul Alam, M. S. Alam, M. Rafiqul Islam, Most. Ferdousi Begum, Montaz Ali Sarkar and M. Sabina Banu, 2001. Abundance of Fungal Flora in Relation to Moisture Content and Storage Period in Different Types of Poultry Feed Ingredients. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 4: 1194-1197.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2001.1194.1197
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2001.1194.1197
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2001.1194.1197
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2001.1194.1197