Mycological isolation from animal enclosures and environments in National Wildlife Rescue Centre and National Zoo, Malaysia

It is important to provide a baseline of fungal composition in the captive wildlife environment to better understand their role in overall wildlife health. The objectives were to identify species of fungi existing within wildlife animal enclosures and their environment at the National Wildlife Rescu...

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Những tác giả chính: Omar, Sharina, Jalaludin, Fathiah Aqilah, Yee, Jacqueline Meikwei, Kamarudin, Zubaidah, Jayaseelan, Kavitha, Mohd Khlubi, Aina Nazurah, Madaki, Yusuf Lekko, Hassan, Hasdi, Ramli, Mat Naim, Topani, Rahmat, Che' Amat, Azlan
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:86871 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86871/ Mycological isolation from animal enclosures and environments in National Wildlife Rescue Centre and National Zoo, Malaysia Omar, Sharina Jalaludin, Fathiah Aqilah Yee, Jacqueline Meikwei Kamarudin, Zubaidah Jayaseelan, Kavitha Mohd Khlubi, Aina Nazurah Madaki, Yusuf Lekko Hassan, Hasdi Ramli, Mat Naim Topani, Rahmat Che' Amat, Azlan It is important to provide a baseline of fungal composition in the captive wildlife environment to better understand their role in overall wildlife health. The objectives were to identify species of fungi existing within wildlife animal enclosures and their environment at the National Wildlife Rescue Centre (NWRC) and the National Zoo, Malaysia and to describe their medical and veterinary importance. Samples of air, wall or floor swab, enrichment swab and soil were taken from the animal enclosures, exercise yard and enrichments at NWRC and National Zoo respectively. All samples including those pre-treated samples were plated onto Sabouraud's Dextrose Agar (SDA). Numerous fungi were grown on all sampling SDA plates regardless by either single or multiple growth. Samples of air in both NWRC and National Zoo had the highest growth of Penicillium spp. with a prevalence of 31.2% and 83.7% respectively. Samples of swab from the wall, floor and enrichments were predominantly by Candida spp. (42.6%) in NWRC and Penicillium spp. (41.6%) in the National Zoo. Prevalence of multiple fungi isolated from the soil samples in NWRC were 57.9% and yeast species was the most common in National Zoo with a prevalence of 88.9%. Overall, 29 and 8 isolates were found in both samples from the NWRC and National Zoo with a predominant species of potential zoonotic fungi have been identified in both premises. The expected fungus Aspergillus spp. was not isolated in all samples in NWRC. Prevalent fungal species found in this study are known to cause disease in animals and humans as primary pathogen and also as opportunistic pathogens that may also cause infection. Thus, health safety precautions should be considered particularly in dealing with conservation of endangered wildlife species, along with personnel and public involvements. Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2020-07-09 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86871/1/Mycological%20isolation%20from%20animal%20enclosures%20and.pdf Omar, Sharina and Jalaludin, Fathiah Aqilah and Yee, Jacqueline Meikwei and Kamarudin, Zubaidah and Jayaseelan, Kavitha and Mohd Khlubi, Aina Nazurah and Madaki, Yusuf Lekko and Hassan, Hasdi and Ramli, Mat Naim and Topani, Rahmat and Che' Amat, Azlan (2020) Mycological isolation from animal enclosures and environments in National Wildlife Rescue Centre and National Zoo, Malaysia. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 82 (8). 1236 - 1242. ISSN 0916-7250; ESSN: 1347-7439 https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jvms/82/8/82_20-0229/_article 10.1292/jvms.20-0229
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description It is important to provide a baseline of fungal composition in the captive wildlife environment to better understand their role in overall wildlife health. The objectives were to identify species of fungi existing within wildlife animal enclosures and their environment at the National Wildlife Rescue Centre (NWRC) and the National Zoo, Malaysia and to describe their medical and veterinary importance. Samples of air, wall or floor swab, enrichment swab and soil were taken from the animal enclosures, exercise yard and enrichments at NWRC and National Zoo respectively. All samples including those pre-treated samples were plated onto Sabouraud's Dextrose Agar (SDA). Numerous fungi were grown on all sampling SDA plates regardless by either single or multiple growth. Samples of air in both NWRC and National Zoo had the highest growth of Penicillium spp. with a prevalence of 31.2% and 83.7% respectively. Samples of swab from the wall, floor and enrichments were predominantly by Candida spp. (42.6%) in NWRC and Penicillium spp. (41.6%) in the National Zoo. Prevalence of multiple fungi isolated from the soil samples in NWRC were 57.9% and yeast species was the most common in National Zoo with a prevalence of 88.9%. Overall, 29 and 8 isolates were found in both samples from the NWRC and National Zoo with a predominant species of potential zoonotic fungi have been identified in both premises. The expected fungus Aspergillus spp. was not isolated in all samples in NWRC. Prevalent fungal species found in this study are known to cause disease in animals and humans as primary pathogen and also as opportunistic pathogens that may also cause infection. Thus, health safety precautions should be considered particularly in dealing with conservation of endangered wildlife species, along with personnel and public involvements.
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author Omar, Sharina
Jalaludin, Fathiah Aqilah
Yee, Jacqueline Meikwei
Kamarudin, Zubaidah
Jayaseelan, Kavitha
Mohd Khlubi, Aina Nazurah
Madaki, Yusuf Lekko
Hassan, Hasdi
Ramli, Mat Naim
Topani, Rahmat
Che' Amat, Azlan
spellingShingle Omar, Sharina
Jalaludin, Fathiah Aqilah
Yee, Jacqueline Meikwei
Kamarudin, Zubaidah
Jayaseelan, Kavitha
Mohd Khlubi, Aina Nazurah
Madaki, Yusuf Lekko
Hassan, Hasdi
Ramli, Mat Naim
Topani, Rahmat
Che' Amat, Azlan
Mycological isolation from animal enclosures and environments in National Wildlife Rescue Centre and National Zoo, Malaysia
author_facet Omar, Sharina
Jalaludin, Fathiah Aqilah
Yee, Jacqueline Meikwei
Kamarudin, Zubaidah
Jayaseelan, Kavitha
Mohd Khlubi, Aina Nazurah
Madaki, Yusuf Lekko
Hassan, Hasdi
Ramli, Mat Naim
Topani, Rahmat
Che' Amat, Azlan
author_sort Omar, Sharina
title Mycological isolation from animal enclosures and environments in National Wildlife Rescue Centre and National Zoo, Malaysia
title_short Mycological isolation from animal enclosures and environments in National Wildlife Rescue Centre and National Zoo, Malaysia
title_full Mycological isolation from animal enclosures and environments in National Wildlife Rescue Centre and National Zoo, Malaysia
title_fullStr Mycological isolation from animal enclosures and environments in National Wildlife Rescue Centre and National Zoo, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Mycological isolation from animal enclosures and environments in National Wildlife Rescue Centre and National Zoo, Malaysia
title_sort mycological isolation from animal enclosures and environments in national wildlife rescue centre and national zoo, malaysia
publisher Japanese Society of Veterinary Science
publishDate 2020
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86871/1/Mycological%20isolation%20from%20animal%20enclosures%20and.pdf
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