SEDIMENTATION RATE (A NEW EQUATION) FOR AIRBORNE FUNGI IN A LIBYAN ABATTOIR

Document Type : Original Article

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Dept. of . Food Hygiene, Fac. of Vet. Med; Cairo Univ.

Abstract

A total of 80 air samples from different compartments of slaughter house Shahaat (A libyan abattoir) were examined mycologically. A number of 360 mould strains were recovered, the top were dark moulds (87.22%), Aspergillus (6.677%, Penicillium (2.22%), Fusarium (1.947%). Mucor and Absidia were also isolated. Sedimentation rate of cfu of moulds on one cm2 was calculated.

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