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Subject: Veterinary Public Health × Author: Miss Elanbam Motina × End date: 1997 × Start date: 1993 × Type: Thesis ×
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    Studies on Bacillus Cereus Isolated from Milk and Milk Products
    (Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 1997) Miss Elanbam Motina; Md,Kalimuddin
    Altogether 250 samples of milk and milk products from urban and suburban areas of Ranchi were tested, out of which 81 samples revealed contamination with Bacillus cereus and the percent positivity was 32.40. Higher percent of contamination was found in urban (36.00) than in suburban (28.80) areas. However, statistical analysis revealed that the difference was not significant. Results of studies on milk and milk products also showed similar pattern of contamination with Bacillus cereus. Of the milk products tested, highest percentage (41.37%) of rasogula samples followed by milk powder (40.00%) pera and berfi each (26.31%) were found contaminated. The more samples of raw milk from urban (35.71%) than from suburban (25.00%) areas were found positive for Bacillus cereus. The average presumptive counts of Bacillus cereus in the samples of milk and milk products drawn from urban areas were more than in the samples of suburban areas. but this difference was statistically not significant. Majority of the positive samples of milk and milk products had a presumptive and confirmatory counts of <4.000 cfu/ml or g in suburban and urban areas. Confirmatory counts of Bacillus cereus was 5.000 cfu/g and above in milk products from urban area. Only two samples from suburban area were found contaminated at the level of 8.000 to 9.000 cfu/g of berfi.