Revista Europea de Biología Experimental Acceso abierto

Abstracto

Comparison of microbial contamination of milk from traditional and industrial farms

Sayed Ali Mortazavi1, and Sepideh Gharehyakheh

Milk is a valuable food source requiring proper storage. In this study 40 milk samples from traditional farms and 30 samples from industrial farms of two Iranian provinces, Mazandaran and Kordistan, were collected and then their microbial loads were investigated and compared. Microbial load of milk obtained from traditional farms was very great and in many cases was not within standard range. There was always a significant difference between the samples collected from traditional and industrial farms.