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The poultry industry has played a significant role in meeting the demands of meat shortage in the country. There is an average annual consumption of approximately 80,000 bags equivalent to 4,000 metric tons of the poultry feeds sold by atleast 6 manufacturers in Karachi alone. The main constituents of poultry feeds are grains of wheat rice, millet, maize, rye and fish meal. There doesn’t appear to be any quality control on Pakistan in manufacture of poultry feeds nor information is available with regards to its deterioration during storage or transit. Micro-organisms are principally responsible for spoilage of foods and feeds (Gray, 1959). A preliminary experiment was therefore carried out to study the population of mycoflora in poultry feeds.

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