Investigation of fungi contaminating broiler feed in some poultry farms in Syria

Ammar M. Mostafa; Tawfek  Dalla; Fahem A. Abdalaziz; Munzer S.  Tamouz

doi:10.54172/a5zeqg31

Authors

Ammar M. Mostafa Department of Animal Produc-tion, Faculty of Agriculture engineering, Tishreen University, Syria Author
Tawfek K. Dalla Department of Animal Pro-duction, Faculty of Agriculture engineering, Tishreen Univer-sity, Syria. Author
Fahem A. Abdalaziz Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Human Medicine, Tartous University, Syria Author
Munzer S. Tamouz Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Tishreen University, Syria Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54172/a5zeqg31

Keywords:

Fungal Genera, Raw Feed (Starter), Manufactured feed, Broiler, Farms

Abstract

Fungi contaminating poultry feed are considered a reason for the decrease in their nutritional value, and a major cause of diseases in poultry. Information about fungi contaminating poultry feed is not available locally. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate fungal contamination of both raw and manufactured feeds used on six different farms dedicated to raising poultry (broiler) in Tartous Governorate - Syria, during the period extending from October 2023 to January 2024; By growing samples of these feeds in the laboratory on Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) culture, to determine the fungal genera present in those studied feeds. 290 fungal isolates were obtained (169 isolates from raw feed, 121 isolates from manufactured feed) belonging to five genera of filamentous fungi and yeasts, including Aspergillus spp. (36.2%), followed by Yeast spp. (33.8%), Penicillium spp. (4.8%), Mucor spp. (3.8%), and the fungus Trichoderma spp. (1%), and it was found that Aspergillus spp. Fungi were the most common (34.3%, 38.8%) in the raw and manufactured feeds, respectively. The study concluded that the detection of fungi contaminating poultry feed is of great importance, due to their health risks to poultry.

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