Aerobic bacterial, coliform, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus counts of raw and processed milk from selected smallholder dairy farms of Zimbabwe

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-228

  Mhone, Tryness A ^a   Matope, Gift ^a   Saidi, Petronella T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

'Coliform' E. coli; Bacterial counts; Milk; S. aureus; Smallholder dairy; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DAIRYING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MILK; MILK HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; RAW FOOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TECHNIQUE; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYGIENE; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ZIMBABWE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80054075910     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.08.028     Document Type: Article

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