Aspergilli and their aflatoxins contamination of poultry and animal feedstuff samples in western region of Saudi Arabia

Aspergillus and their aflatoxins contaminations were studied in sixty poultry and animal feedstuff samples collected from the western region (Jeddah, Makkah and Taif cities) from Saudi Arabia. Fourteen species of Aspergillus were isolated and identified in the present investigation using Potato Dext...

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Main Authors: A. Gherbawy, Youssuf, M. Shebany, Yassmin, Alharthy, Helal
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author A. Gherbawy, Youssuf
M. Shebany, Yassmin
Alharthy, Helal
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Alharthy, Helal
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description Aspergillus and their aflatoxins contaminations were studied in sixty poultry and animal feedstuff samples collected from the western region (Jeddah, Makkah and Taif cities) from Saudi Arabia. Fourteen species of Aspergillus were isolated and identified in the present investigation using Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) at 27ºC. The identification of isolated Aspergillus was confirmed by using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region sequencing for representative species (194 species) of the collected Aspergillus sp. were sequenced and the obtained sequence results were deposited in Gene Bank under accession numbers. The sequence results indicated to the full correspondence between the molecular identification of the isolated fungi and the morphological identification. Moisture content was considered indicator for the number of Aspergillus isolated, therefore, Aspergillus and their aflatoxins were isolated in high counts from Jeddah and Taif according to the moisture content. Therefore, A. flavus was the most common species (59.78%), followed by A. niger (21.59%). The co-occurrence of Aspergillus species ranged from one species to 6 species per sample. The frequencies of occurrence for most afltoxigenic species isolated from studied samples ranged from 2 to 56%. Aspergillus flavus contaminated the majority of investigated feedstuff samples and the co-occurrence of more than one aflatoxigenic species was reported in many samples.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:133792019-09-19T22:08:36Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13379/ Aspergilli and their aflatoxins contamination of poultry and animal feedstuff samples in western region of Saudi Arabia A. Gherbawy, Youssuf M. Shebany, Yassmin Alharthy, Helal Aspergillus and their aflatoxins contaminations were studied in sixty poultry and animal feedstuff samples collected from the western region (Jeddah, Makkah and Taif cities) from Saudi Arabia. Fourteen species of Aspergillus were isolated and identified in the present investigation using Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) at 27ºC. The identification of isolated Aspergillus was confirmed by using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region sequencing for representative species (194 species) of the collected Aspergillus sp. were sequenced and the obtained sequence results were deposited in Gene Bank under accession numbers. The sequence results indicated to the full correspondence between the molecular identification of the isolated fungi and the morphological identification. Moisture content was considered indicator for the number of Aspergillus isolated, therefore, Aspergillus and their aflatoxins were isolated in high counts from Jeddah and Taif according to the moisture content. Therefore, A. flavus was the most common species (59.78%), followed by A. niger (21.59%). The co-occurrence of Aspergillus species ranged from one species to 6 species per sample. The frequencies of occurrence for most afltoxigenic species isolated from studied samples ranged from 2 to 56%. Aspergillus flavus contaminated the majority of investigated feedstuff samples and the co-occurrence of more than one aflatoxigenic species was reported in many samples. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13379/1/08%20Youssuf%20A.%20Gherbawy.pdf A. Gherbawy, Youssuf and M. Shebany, Yassmin and Alharthy, Helal (2019) Aspergilli and their aflatoxins contamination of poultry and animal feedstuff samples in western region of Saudi Arabia. Sains Malaysiana, 48 (4). pp. 765-771. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid48bil4_2019/KandunganJilid48Bil4_2019.html
spellingShingle A. Gherbawy, Youssuf
M. Shebany, Yassmin
Alharthy, Helal
Aspergilli and their aflatoxins contamination of poultry and animal feedstuff samples in western region of Saudi Arabia
title Aspergilli and their aflatoxins contamination of poultry and animal feedstuff samples in western region of Saudi Arabia
title_full Aspergilli and their aflatoxins contamination of poultry and animal feedstuff samples in western region of Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Aspergilli and their aflatoxins contamination of poultry and animal feedstuff samples in western region of Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Aspergilli and their aflatoxins contamination of poultry and animal feedstuff samples in western region of Saudi Arabia
title_short Aspergilli and their aflatoxins contamination of poultry and animal feedstuff samples in western region of Saudi Arabia
title_sort aspergilli and their aflatoxins contamination of poultry and animal feedstuff samples in western region of saudi arabia
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