Food borne fungi in sparrows

ABSTRACT

A total number of 45 slaughtered sparrows were examined mycologically. Moulds and yeasts could be isolated from 91.1% and 93.3% of the samples respectively. A total number [298] moulds were isolated and identified. Aspergillus, fusarium and cladosporium species constitute over 86% of the total isolates. Other mould genera namely Penicillium, Verticillium, Geotrichum, Trichoderma, Phoma and Mucor constituted nearly 14%. Public health significance of these moulds was discussed