Research Article

Prevalence of fungal pathogens in broiler chickens and their environment

Ismail A. Radwan, Ahmed H. Abed and Athar S.Abdallah.
Department of Bacteriology,Mycology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, BeniSuef 62511, Egypt.

Abstract

Fungal diseases of poultry have become problematic as bacterial and viral diseases. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of fungal agents in broiler chickens and their environment. The prevalence of fungal isolation from broiler chickens was 21.6% including 12.8% moulds and 8.8% yeast while the prevalence of fungal isolation from the environment was 46.8% including 25.5% moulds and 21.3% yeast. Aspergillus species was the most prevalent moulds while C. albicans was the most prevalent yeast recovered from broiler chickens and their environment.

Keywords

Broiler chicken, Environment, Aspergillus species: C. albicans.