Microbiological Profile of the Traditionally Collected Industrial Raw Milk from the Milk Pocket Zones of Bangladesh

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  • Gouranga C Chanda Chittagong Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Khulsi, Chittagong
  • Gazi M Noor Uddin Departrment of Dairy & Poultry Science, Chittagong Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Khulsi, Chittagong
  • Aparna Deb Youth Training Centre, Halishahar Housing Estate (Baropool), Chittagong
  • Tahmina Bilkis Departrment of Dairy & Poultry Science, Chittagong Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Khulsi, Chittagong
  • Sharmin Chowdhury Department of Pathology & Parasitology, Chittagong Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Khulsi, Chittagong
  • M Basir Uddin Pals Agrovet, 89-90 Agrabad C/A, Chittagong

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https://doi.org/10.3329/bjm.v25i1.4849

Keywords:

industrial raw milk

Abstract

The study was aimed to evaluate the bacteriological profile of the traditionally collected industrial raw milk from the milk pocket zones of Bangladesh. About 365 raw milk samples were collected from the milk tanker, who brought raw milk from the mother chilling centre where raw milk was chilled at 4°C following traditional method. All milk samples were subjected to perform standard plate count and total coliform count. The average standard plate count was found to be 4.37 x 106 cfu/ml and the highest occurrence of standard plate count was found to be 6.70 x 106 cfu/ml in October and the lowest (3.28 x 106 cfu/ml) in March. The highest occurrence of total viable bacteria was found to be 5.64 x 106 cfu/ml in autumn and the lowest was found to be 3.78 x 106 cfu/ml in summer. On the other hand, the average of the coliform bacterial count was found to be 3.88 x 105 cfu/ml with the highest (5.70 x 105 cfu/ml) occurrence in May and the lowest (1.90 x 105 cfu/ml) in January. Moreover, the highest occurrence of coliform count was found to be 4.84 x 105 cfu/ml in rainy season and the lowest was 2.75 x 105 cfu/ml found in winter.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjm.v25i1.4849

Bangladesh J Microbiol, Volume 25, Number 1, June 2008, pp 17-20

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Chanda, G. C., Uddin, G. M. N., Deb, A., Bilkis, T., Chowdhury, S., & Uddin, M. B. (2010). Microbiological Profile of the Traditionally Collected Industrial Raw Milk from the Milk Pocket Zones of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology, 25(1), 17–20. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjm.v25i1.4849

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