Occurrence of yeasts and moulds in quail

ABSTRACT

Many species of yeasts and moulds could be isolated from crops, lungs and intestines of quail. Isolated yeasts were C and ida [63.6%], Rhodotorula [17.5%], Torulopsis [12.7%] and Geotrichum [5.9%]. The most predominant species of C and ida was C and ida albicans [26.3%] which incriminated as a cause of diseases among man and animals which showed a higher incidence in crops than in lungs and intestines. Isolated moulds were belonging to the genera Aspergillus [58.7%], Penicillium [13.9%], Mucor [9.4%], Rhizopus [5%], Scopulariopsis [7%], Alternaria [4.5%] and Cladosporium [1.5%]. The most predominant species of isolated moulds were Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus being of higher incidences in lungs than in crops and intestines