Ability of egg parasitic fungus Pochonia suchlasporia to withstand ruminant gut passage using goat as a model

Out of two types of grains (i.e. millet and barley) used for fungal grain culture, millet gave better result and facilitated maximum growth both for Pochonia suchlasporia. Chlamydospore counts g⁻¹ grain culture were significantly higher in millet grain (P<0.01) compared to those of barley grain, which were 42,290.00±53.12 and 29530.00±43.28, respectively. It was observed that the fungus could be re-isolated at sufficient amounts from the faeces of fungus fed goats from 48 h of fungus feeding onwards. It can be summerised from that chlamydospores of P. suchlasporia had the ability to withstand anaerobic and enzymatic environment of ruminant gut and were excreted in the faeces of goats.