Biology and Medicine

Quality assessment of fresh milk from managed Nigerian Bunaji and Bokolooji breed of cattle in Potiskum Local Government Area, Yobe State, Nigeria

2^nd World Congress on Beneficial Microbes: Food, Pharma, Aqua & Beverages Industry

September 22-24, 2016 Phoenix, USA

Adamu Galadima Dagona, Daskum A M and Alin A B

Federal University Gashua, Nigeria
Yobe State University, Nigeria

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Biol Med (Aligarh)

Abstract:

The quality assessment of fresh cow milk from traditionally managed Bunaji and Bokolooji Nigerian breeds of cattle in Potiskum Local Government Area, Yobe State, Nigeria were assessed. Raw milk samples were collected from 20 lactating cows, made up of ten 10 animals from each breed and analyzed for their bacterial count and isolation. The mean values of 5. 6�?1010 cfu/ml and 5.45�?1010 cfu/ml were obtained for the total bacterial count for Bunaji and Bokolooji breeds respectively. Five bacteria species were isolated and identified from the milk samples across the breeds namely, Bacillus spp., Escherichia coli, micrococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., and Staphylococcus aureus with Bacillus spp., and Escherichia coli being the most predominant bacteria isolates in the study. The result obtained from the study indicated that, the bacteria count shows that the milk is not good for human consumption as the current situation is critical and needs proper and sterile handling from production to the point of processing.

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