THE PREVALENCE OF PENICILLIUM LINK MUSHROOMS IN RAW MATERIALS FOR FOOD PRODUCTION

DOI: 10.36871 / vet.san.hyg.ecol.201804003
UDC 619: 616.992.28

Authors

E. A. PIRYAZEVA
Institute of Veterinary Sanitation, Hygiene and Ecology - BRANCH of FSBI Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Science and Technology

Abstract

The article presents the results of studying the affliction of various types of raw materials for the production of animal feed (meal, meal, gluten, animal flour, protein-vitamin-mineral supplements, skim milk substitute) with Penicillium mushrooms. According to the data obtained, 43 of the 48 studied samples were contaminated with these fungi, among which the species P. cyclopium, P. palitans, and P. chrysogenum dominated.

Keywords

feed, contamination, penicillium.