Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Dr. Jasleen Kour, Dr. Tejinder Singh Rai and Dr. NS Sharma

Abstract:
Reproductive infections take a heavy toll on productivity of livestock and large dairy animals are often found infected by mycotic agents due to their general habits. In this study, 70 reproductive tract samples were collected from cows and buffaloes from different districts of Punjab suffering from infectious reproductive disorders and were processed for fungal examination using isolation and identification procedures. This examination yielded 41 isolates from 30 fungal cultures belonging to Aspergillus spp. (18) where A. flavus had the maximum isolates (6) followed by Alternaria spp. (9), Penicillium spp. (3) and other fungi like Rhizopus spp., Mucor spp., Mortierella spp., Curvularia spp. were isolated in less numbers.