Coliforms As Indicator for the Existence of Salmonella in Raw Milk

Abstract

Fifty raw milk samples were collected , (25) of them were collected from the individual milk cans (50 kg each) from the producer’s homes in Al-Thahab Al-Abiad, Abu Ghraib, while the other (25)samples were collected from the scale bulk milk tank (2 tons) inside the milk reception and collecting center at the same village.Data revealed that (8%) of the milk samples collected from the milk cans while (16%) of the milk samples collected from the scale bulk milk tank were contaminated with Salmonella spp. Result revealed that a significant positive correlation was found between the milk samples with a high coliform counts and the existence of Salmonella in them among the tow serotype of Salmonella that were identified from (50) raw milk samples including S- typhimurium and S-dublin.