Physicochemical and microbiological post-harvest losses of camel milk along the camel milk value chain in Isiolo, Kenya

Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 80-89

  Odongo, Nicanor Obiero ^a   Lamuka, Peter Obimbo ^a   Abong’, George Ooko ^a   Matofari, Joseph Wafula ^b   Abey, Khalif Abdirahman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c Kenya camel milk association ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

Microbiological count; Microbiological milk quality; Pastoral camel milk; Physiological quality; Quantification of losses

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008881410     PISSN: 2347467X     EISSN: 23220007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12944/CRNFSJ.4.2.01     Document Type: Article

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