Rajendra YadavElagbam Motina2024-08-102024-08-102002https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810213113A Total of 120 Samples comprising 30 each if skin surface gill, muscles and intestine from fishes sold in local market of Ranchi were examined for bacterial loads of standard plate count (SPC), coliform count (CC) and faecal streptococcal count (FSC). All the samples taken from intenstine, gills and skin surface were positive for SPC, and CC but out of 30 muscle samples 26 were positive for FSC. The bactrial loads of SPC and FSC were muscles but in cc highest was founs in intestine followed by skin surface, gills and muscles. The comparison of different positive samples at different loads of SPC were all non- significant except in the range of 6-7/ g of intestine with muscles.EnglishThesis