Table-2.
Biodiversity of the fungal contaminants in the feed.
| Fungal contaminants | Feed treatments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh feed | Con feed | Con feed +B | Con feed +S | Con feed +K | |
| Epicoccum sorghi | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rhizomucor pusillus | x | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pichia farinosa | x | ✓ | x | x | ✓ |
| Penicillium bilaiae | x | ✓ | x | x | ✓ |
| Penicillium crustosum | x | x | ✓ | ✓ | x |
| Penicillium glabrum | x | x | x | x | ✓ |
| Aspergillus fumigatus | x | x | x | ✓ | x |
| Aspergillus niger | x | ✓ | x | x | x |
| Beauveria felina | x | x | x | ✓ | x |
✓ =Fungus present, x=Fungus not present. Fungi were isolated based on their morphological characteristics and molecularly identified by sequencing of the ITS region. Con feed=Contaminated feed, Con feed+S=Contaminated feed+Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Con feed+B=Contaminated feed+bentonite, Con feed+K=Contaminated feed+kaolin