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Prevalence of Bacterial Pathogens in Pedha (A Milk Product) Sold in Amravati (India)

The present study was aimed to evaluate the microbial quality of pedha and produce awaraness of health hazard due to its consumption to the consumer. Total 50 pedha (milk product) samples were randomly collected from various shops of Amravati city and analyzed for bacteriological quality. The 92 bacterial strains were isolated and identified among them were Pseudomonas aeruginosa (23.91%), Staphylococcus aureus (17.39%), Salmonella typhi (16.30%), Escherichia coli (14.13%), Enterobacter aerogenes (11.95%), Shigella flexeneri (8.69%) and Proteus vulgaris (7.6%).

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D.H. Tambekar and S.A. Bhutda, 2006. Prevalence of Bacterial Pathogens in Pedha (A Milk Product) Sold in Amravati (India). International Journal of Dairy Science, 1: 32-35.

DOI: 10.3923/ijds.2006.32.35

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijds.2006.32.35

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Prevalence of Bacterial Pathogens in Pedha (A Milk Product) Sold in Amravati (India)

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