Mycoflora in Broiler Houses

Choi, Won-pil; Yeo, Sang-geon; Lee, Hun-jun

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 1984;24(1):36-39.

Won-pil Choi¹, Sang-geon Yeo², Hun-jun Lee³

¹Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, Gyeongbuk National University
²Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, Gyeongsang National University
³Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, Chungnam National University

Broiler양계사내(養鷄舍內)의 진균총(眞菌叢)

최원필¹, 여상건², 이헌준³

¹경북대학교 농과대학 수의학과
²경상대학교 농과대학 수의학과
³충남대학교 농과대학 수의학과

Abstract

The present survey was undertaken to determine the mycoflora of broiler houses. Attempts were made to isolate and identify fungi in the dust, feed, litter and water from 21 broiler houses. A total of 166 isolates of fungi was identified as yeast spp. (44%), Aspergillus spp. (30.7%), Verticillium spp. (7.2%), Penicillium spp. (3.6%), Paecilomyces spp. (3.6%), Scopulariopsis spp. (3.0%), Cephalosporium spp. (3.0%), Chrysosporium spp. (2.4%), Cladosporium spp. (1.8%) and Absidia spp. (0.6%). Isolated of Aspergillus(A) spp. and Penicillium(P) spp. were identified as A. fumigatus, A. flavus, A. terreus, A. nidulans, A. niger, P. citrinum and P. palitan. Fungal contamination of the broiler houses predominated in the dust. The important point is that must of the isolates were pathogenic fungi.