The Prevalence Of Keratinophilic And Saprobic Fungi On Poultry Feathers In Egypt

Abstract

Two methods were used for the isolation of dermatophytes and other fungi from the feathers of ducks, geese and turkeys: baiting technique and the dilution plate method. 86 species and 3 varieties belonging to 35 genera were collected. Dermatophytes and related fungi were represented by 12 species: Arthroderma curreyi, A. tuberculatum, Chrysosporium asperatum, C. carmichaelii, C. dermati-tidis, C. georgii, C. indicum, C. keratinophilum, C. pannorum, C. pseudomerdar-wm, C. tropicum and Trichophyton terrestre. Other moulds were collected such as Acremonium (2 species), Alternaria(2), Aspergillus(l5+l variety), Cladosporium (4), Fusariiim (5+1 variety), Paecilomyces (3), Penicillium (14), Rhizopus (1), Scopulariopsis (3), Sepedonium (1), Syncephalastnim (1), Thermoascus (1) and others.