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Aspergillus Infection in a Budgerigar

BİR MUHABBET KUŞUNDA ASPERGİLLUS ENFEKSİYONU

Banur Buynukara(NAMIK KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, VETERİNER FAKÜLTESİ)
Timur Gülhan(ONDOKUZ MAYIS ÜNİVERSİTESİ, VETERİNER FAKÜLTESİ, KLİNİK ÖNCESİ BİLİMLER BÖLÜMÜ, VETERİNERLİK MİKROBİYOLOJİSİ ANABİLİM DALI)
Mine Aydın Kurç(NAMIK KEMAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ, TEMEL TIP BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ, TIBBİ BİYOLOJİ ANABİLİM DALI)
Pages
70–75
Publication Date
2019-06-15
DOI
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Macroscopic and microscopic examination of the two colonies revealed Aspergillus flavus (green colony) and Aspergillus niger (black colony).

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Objective & Hypothesis:In this study, feather samples taken from a one-years-old budgerigar with the complaint of hair loss and itching brought live to Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine were examined mycologically.
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Key Findings & Data:For this purpose, the feather samples were plated on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA) and SDA medium containing chloramphenicol.
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Conclusion & Impact:Macroscopic and microscopic examination of the two colonies revealed Aspergillus flavus (green colony) and Aspergillus niger (black colony).
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📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Muhabbet kuşu · tüy · aspergillozis

Abstract

In this study, feather samples taken from a one-years-old budgerigar with the complaint of hair loss and itching brought live to Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine were examined mycologically. For this purpose, the feather samples were plated on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA) and SDA medium containing chloramphenicol. Mildew colonies that grow at the end of the incubation period; colony size and color, surface appearance, pigment formation evaluated macroscopically. Smears prepared from colonies were stained with Lactophenol cotton blue (LPCB) and microscopic examination was performed in terms of the length of the conidiaphor, the shape and width of the vesicle, and the shape of the conidia. Macroscopic and microscopic examination of the two colonies revealed Aspergillus flavus (green colony) and Aspergillus niger (black colony).

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Tüy dökülmesi ve kaşıntı şikâyeti ile Veteriner Fakültesi Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalına canlı olarak getirilen 1 yaşında bir muhabbet kuşundan alınan tüy örnekleri mikolojik olarak incelendi. Bu amaçla tüy örneklerinden Sabouraud Dekstroz Agar (SDA) ve kloramfenikol içeren SDA besiyerlerine ekim yapıldı. İnkübasyon süresi sonunda üreyen küf kolonilerinin; koloni büyüklüğü ve rengi, yüzey görünümü, pigment oluşumu makroskobik olarak değerlendirildi. Kolonilerden Laktofenol pamuk mavisi (LFPM) ile pereparatlar hazırlanarak, mikroskopta konidiaforun uzunluğu, vesikülün şekli ve genişliği, konidianın şekli gibi özellikler açısından mikroskobik muayene yapıldı. Üreyen iki koloni makroskobik ve mikroskobik incelemeleri sonucu Aspergillus flavus (yeşil koloni) ve Aspergillus niger (siyah koloni) olarak tanımlandı.

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Buynukara, B., Gülhan, T., Kurç, M. A. (2019). Aspergillus Infection in a Budgerigar. Doğanın Sesi, Sayı: 3, 70–75. https://ajindex.com/articles/1473850

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