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Survey of the microbiological quality of the raw cow milk in the Tadla area of Morocco
Author(s) -
AFIF ABDELKRIM,
FAID MOHAMED,
CHIGR FATIHA,
NAJIMI MOHAMED
Publication year - 2008
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/j.1471-0307.2008.00432.x
Subject(s) - milking , raw milk , contamination , food spoilage , coliform bacteria , fecal coliform , food science , bacteria , biology , plate count , microorganism , lactic acid , veterinary medicine , environmental science , zoology , water quality , ecology , medicine , genetics
Cow milk samples were collected during three periods and from four milk collection centres located in four different geographical zones. Samples were analysed for their standard plate count, enterococci, total coliform and feacal coliform, lactic acid bacteria, spoilage bacteria and some of the pathogenic bacteria. The most contaminated cooperatives were those located essentially in the irrigated zones. The less contaminated ones belong to semipublic farms. It seems that transportation, milking and pre‐storage conditions constitute the main basic relevant factors for heavy bacterial contamination. This is the first survey of the microbiological characteristics of raw milk produced in the Tadla area of Morocco.