Isolation of fungi from the gastrointestinal tract of indigenous chicken

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Gastrointestinal tract of chicken is a place in which many kinds of fungi can be found. The aim of the research was to isolate fungi from the gastrointestinal tract of the indigenous chicken (Ayam Kampung). The chicken samples were four days, one week and two months old and were sampled from chicken farm located in Yogyakarta. Potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium was used to grow the fungi. Fifty pure isolates of fungi were found from three different ages, those were four days, one week and two months old chicken were 5, 10 and 35 isolates respectively. The largest number of isolate was found in ileum, then followed by caecum, jejenum and duodenum. The fifty isolate of fungi belonged to seven species, those were Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus Niger, Chrysonilia crassa, Mucor circinelloides, Mucor sp, Rhizopus oligosporus and Rhizopus oryzae.

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Yudiarti, T., Yunianto, B. I. V. D., Murwani, R., & Kusdiyantini, E. (2012). Isolation of fungi from the gastrointestinal tract of indigenous chicken. Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture, 37(2), 115–120. https://doi.org/10.14710/jitaa.37.2.115-120

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