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Fungal survival in ensiled swine faeces
E Serrano-García1, F Castrejón-Pineda, M A Herradora-Lozano
1Department of Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, DF, 04510 Mexico, Mexico.
Abstract:
The survival of several genera of fungi was determined in the ensiled solid fraction of swine faeces after 0, 7, 14, 28 and 56 days of ensiling. The experiment had two treatments, un-ensiled and ensiled manure, in a split-plot design. The manure was distributed into 50 containers; samples, taken at the specified times, were cultured in agar potato dextrose medium, incubated, and colony forming units (CFU/g) were counted and log-transformed. The ensiling process decreased the number of CFU after 56 days. Five fungal genera were identified (Absidia spp., Aspergillus spp., Penicillium spp., Rhizopus spp. and non-fructiferous fungi), and their vulnerability to the ensiling conditions varied, although most of them slowed their growth or disappeared after 14 days of ensiling.
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