University of Tehran Journal of Mycology Research 2383-3181 1 1 2014 09 01 Mycoflora of Ostrich (Struthio camelus) gastrointestinal tract as a human hazard 29 34 51630 EN Hassan Ghorbani Choboghlo Mycology Research Center, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Aghil Sharifzadeh Mycology Research Center, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Hossein Nikpiran Department of Clinical Sciences, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran Jafar Nasrollahnejad Islamic Azad University of Bonab branch, Bonab, Iran Journal Article 2014 02 24 Ostriches are susceptible to bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases. One of the most common<br />strategies to reduce microbial contamination in animal production systems is to identify microbe<br />sources. In this regard, a first critical component for comprehensive farm-to-fork strategies to reduce<br />the burden of foodborne illness is the identification of the pathogenic fungi in foodstuffs with animal<br />sources, and the reduction of human pathogen contamination in food production. This study was<br />carried out to identify to mycoflora in the ostriches' (Struthio camelus) gastrointestinal tract (GIT),<br />in the northwest of Iran. The samples were taken from different parts of the gut tract, including crop,<br />gizzard, intestine and caecum of 50 ostriches. Atotal of 396 fungal colonies were obtained from GIT.<br />These isolates belonged to 17 genera, and Candida (18.7 %), Aspergillus (16.7 %), Monascus (10.6<br />%), Trichosporon (6.6 %) and Fusarium (6 %) were predominant isolates. Among the Candida<br />isolates, C. tropicalis was the most predominant isolates following by C. albicans, C. glabrata and<br />C. krusei. Aspergillus spp. and Monascus ruber were predominant isolates among the mould fungi. https://jmr.ut.ac.ir/article_51630_888523d750ace63d516ce1368fe88837.pdf