Incidence of Escherichia coli in Raw Cow's Milk

Abstract

This study was designed to determine the incidence of opportunistic pathogen, E. coli, in raw cow's milk (Four farms and vending shops). Fourteen raw milk samples were randomly collected from different localities/sources of Misurata city and were inoculated with the relevant bacteriological media. The results revealed that 50% of the samples were contaminated with coliforms. Three samples of them were E. coli positive. It is concluded that some of the raw were unfit for consumption