Staphylococci Detected in Faecal Samples of Common Pheasants and their relation to enterocins

Common pheasant taxonomically belongs to the Class Aves, Order Galliformes, Family Phasianidae, Genus Phasianus, species Phasianus colchicus. It is well-known gamebird; one of the most hunted birds over the world. Besides that, pheasants are also breeded for meat, which has high nutritive value; the content of high quality protein and low fatness. It has been considered to belong to healthy animal products (Kuzniacka et al., 2007; Lukasziewicz et al., 2011). Meat of pheasant belongs to the culinary delicacy which is supplied to the many restaurants. Therefore, the most important role for farmers is to maintain good health status of pheasants. Obligatory International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 4 Number 5 (2015) pp. 788-797 http://www.ijcmas.com