Microbial quality and associated health risks of raw milk marketed in the Tanga region of Tanzania

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-222

  Swai, E S ^a   Schoonman, L ^b  

^a Veterinary Investigation Centre VIC   (Tanzania)

^b Tanga Dairy Trust TADAT   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Bacteriological quality; Brucellosis; Clostridium; Contamination; Escherichia coli; Health risks; Microbial quality; Microorganism; Milk borne hazard; Tanga; Tanzania; Whole raw milk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRUCELLOSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION RISK; MILK; MILK HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; PLATE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAW FOOD; RELATIVE DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TANZANIA; ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD QUALITY; HUMANS; MILK; TANZANIA;

EID: 83455246415     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60030-0     Document Type: Article

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