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Influence of brodifacoum and bromadiolone on growth of yoghurt cultures in milk
Author(s) -
Hathurusinghe Madhavi H,
Ibrahim Salam A
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of dairy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1471-0307
pISSN - 1364-727X
DOI - 10.1111/1471-0307.12205
Subject(s) - brodifacoum , food science , chemistry , microbiological culture , rodenticide , biology , toxicology , bacteria , genetics
The influence of brodifacoum and bromadiolone on the growth of yoghurt culture in milk was determined. Milk samples inoculated with a commercial yoghurt culture and serially diluted rodenticides were incubated at 42 °C for 6 h. The yoghurt cultures showed detectable sensitivity (significant change ( P < 0.05) in pH in the medium) to brodifacoum at 0.12 mg/mL and to bromadiolone at 0.08 mg/mL. There were significant differences ( P < 0.05) in the bacterial count and α‐galactosidase and β‐galactosidase activities in the presence of toxins in milk. The results indicate that brodifacoum and bromadiolone could inhibit the growth of yoghurt culture in milk.