Seed-borne fungi in domestic bird feed in Saudi Arabia |
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Authors: | Abdulwahab R Hashem |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, 11451 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
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Abstract: | Seed-borne fungi from seeds of barley, canary, maize, oats, rice, rapeseed, red millet, sunflower, white millet and yellow
millet were investigated. These seeds are available in the market as bird feed, supplied by companies in various countries
as healthy and nutritious food for domestic birds. A total of 81 fungal species were isolated. The genusAspergillus was predominant with 23 species, followed byPenicillium with 18,Ulocladium with 7,Alternaria with 6 andChaetomium, Curvularia andDrechslera with 5 species each. Other genera isolated wereAureobasidium, Cladosporium, Fusarium, Mucor, Rhizopus andSyncephalastrum. |
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Keywords: | domestic birds feed Saudi Arabia seed-borne fungi |
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