International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences
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10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12
Volume 5 Issue 4
2014 (October - December)
INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY OF POULTRY FARM AT BANGALORE
The present study was to determine the concentration, in terms of monthly and seasonal distribution and in relation to meteorological factors, of indoor and outdoor airborne fungal spores in poultry farm at Bangalore. Samples were collected at fortnightly for a period of one year in duplicates between January 2011 to December 2011 by using Andersen two stage viable air sampler petri plates containing Malt Extract Agar media to the air for 5 minutes. A total of 16912.23 CFU/m lessThan sup greaterThan 3 lessThan /sup greaterThan fungal species was isolated from the indoor (80662.52 CFU/m lessThan sup greaterThan 3 lessThan /sup greaterThan ) and outdoor (8849.71 CFU/m lessThan sup greaterThan 3 lessThan /sup greaterThan ) of the poultry farm. In indoor 22 species belonging to 12 genera and 18 species belonging to 11 genera from outdoor of the poultry farm. The dominant fungal species were lessThan i greaterThan Cladosporium, Penicillium lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan Alternaria lessThan /i greaterThan from indoor and outdoor respectively. Correlation between seasonal and meteorological factors were carried out. An attempt has been made to forecast atmospheric fungal spores concentration in poultry farm.
R. PAVAN AND K. ANJUNATH
Poultry farm, Fungal spores, Andersen, Seasonal and Meteorological
654-665