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ArticleHeliyon2024

Indigenous knowledge on the practice of milk container fumigation and its effect on microbial safety of milk among pastoral communities in west Guji zone, southern Ethiopia.

Hailu Lemma, Lechisa Asefa, Tibesso Gemechu, Fitsum Demissie, Boko Loka, Degefa Dhengesu, Gudeta Kumela, Gedeno Karbana, Chala Daba

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hailu LemmaDepartment of Environmental Health Science, Institute of Health, Bule Hora University, P.O.Box 144, Bule Hora, Ethiopia.
Lechisa AsefaDepartment of Environmental Health Science, Institute of Health, Bule Hora University, P.O.Box 144, Bule Hora, Ethiopia.
Tibesso GemechuDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, Institute of Health, Bule Hora University, P.O.Box 144, Bule Hora, Ethiopia.
Fitsum DemissieDepartment of Pharmacy, Institute of Health, Bule Hora University, P.O.Box 144, Bule Hora, Ethiopia.
Boko LokaDepartment of Nursing, Institute of Health, Bule Hora University, P.O.Box 144, Bule Hora, Ethiopia.
Degefa DhengesuDepartment of Environmental Health Science, Institute of Health, Bule Hora University, P.O.Box 144, Bule Hora, Ethiopia.
Gudeta KumelaDepartment of Environmental Health Science, Institute of Health, Bule Hora University, P.O.Box 144, Bule Hora, Ethiopia.
Gedeno KarbanaDepartment of Environmental Health Science, Institute of Health, Bule Hora University, P.O.Box 144, Bule Hora, Ethiopia.
Chala DabaDepartment of Environmental Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, P.O.Box 1145, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Bule Hora University · ETWollo University · ET

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Milk is a high-risk food and has been implicated in many foodborne illnesses. Thus, the pastoral communities in rural Ethiopia used a traditional practice of milk container fumigation to maintain the quality and safety of milk. Objective: to assess the indigenous knowledge on milk container fumigation practice and its effect on the microbial safety of milk among pastoral communities in the west Guji zone, southern Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was conducted in six randomly selected kebeles of the pastoral districts in the west Guji zone, Southern Ethiopia from December to June/2022. The preservative plants and raw milk samples were collected and transported to the laboratory, to analyze the efficacy of plants on the microbial safety throughout milk storage. A variance analysis was used to compare the means of microbiological growth and pH measure among the treatments and control; while thematic analysis was for qualitative data Result: Four species of plants, namely: Conclusion: Pastoralists in the West Guji zone were fumigated the milk storage container by using smoke of

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EthiopiaFumigationMilkPastoral communityPreservative plants

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