ArticleVeterinary medicine and science2026
Cow Milk Risk Factors Associated With Bacterial Contaminations Along Dairy Value Chain in Lushoto and Handeni Districts, Tanzania.
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- Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Staphylococcus species isolated from raw cow milk, and swabs in smallholder dairy farms in Meta district, Eastern Ethiopia.BMC microbiology · 2024Article
- Assessment of Milk Quality and Food Safety Challenges in the Complex Nairobi Dairy Value Chain.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundMilk and milk products are of high nutritional value but mishandling of any kind along the value chain leads to contaminations that shorten shelf life and pose public health threats.
objectivesTo assess the milk handling practices, bacterial contaminations and determine selected milk-borne zoonotic pathogens along the dairy value chain in 14 villages.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in Lushoto and Handeni districts whereby 93 randomly selected respondents constituting farmers, vendors and restaurants/kiosks were interviewed and subsequently 166 milk samples were collected for microbiological enumeration and ascertain contaminations by Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Brucella abortus using standard protocols. Chi-square (χ
resultsIt was established that milking and milk storage was done under unhygienic conditions. Up to 92.1% of farmers had no training on livestock husbandry and milk handling practices. Mean bacterial counts in milk ranged between 3.3 and 5.8 log
conclusionsLimited extension services, unhygienic practices along milk value chain contributed to high microbial contamination. Detection of B. abortus in milk is of public health significance due to its zoonotic potential. Therefore, the government and milk stakeholders should strengthen public and private livestock extension services for proper animal husbandry practices, improved milk value chain and control of zoonotic diseases.
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