TY  - JOUR
T1  - Occurrence of <I>Aspergillus</I> Species among Apparently Healthy Chickens in Poulty Farms in Kaduna State, Nigeria
AU - Kwanashie, Clara N. AU - Abdu, Paul A. AU - Kazeem, Haruna M. AU - Umoh, Jarlath U. 
JO  - Research Journal of Animal Sciences
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
SP  - 76
EP  - 78
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5269
DO  - rjnasci.2012.76.78
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjnasci.2012.76.78
KW  - Aspergillus
KW  -chickens
KW  -poultry farms
KW  -occurrence
KW  -Kaduna State
KW  -Nigeria
AB  - The study was conducted to determine the occurrence of <I>Aspergilllus</I> species among apparently healthy birds in poultry farms. Trachea swabs were collected from a total of 1500 birds in 52 commercial (10% of birds in each poultry farm visited) poultry farms were sampled. <I>Aspergillus</I> sp. was isolated from 718 (47.87%) of the birds. Six species of Aspergillus were isolated viz: <I>A. fumigatus</I> made up 52.37% (376) of the Aspergillus isolates followed by <I>A. flavus</I> 21.87% (157), <I>A. niger</I> 11.42% (82), <I>A. terreus</I> 8.64% (62), <I>A. restrictus</I> 2.79% (20) and <I>A. ochraceous</I> 2.92% (21). <I>Aspergillus</I> species were isolated throughout the year though with a higher incidence during the rainy season compared to the dry season.
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