ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY STANDARDS OF MILK PRODUCED IN LARGE DAIRY FARMS IN ALTIBNA AREA, KHARTOUM NORTH, SUDAN
Noor Aleslam Alsayed Alsadig and Elniema A. Mustafa*
ABSTRACT
This descriptive and experimental study was conducted between December 2019 and February 2020 in five large dairy farms all using milking parlors in Altibna area, Khartoum North, Sudan. The objectives of this study were to provide a perspective on the current status of management strategies set to minimize contamination of raw milk, assess the quality of bovine raw milk with an emphasis on levels of SCC, Standard Plate Count, and Total Coliform Count and to detect the presence of antibiotics residues in the investigated bovine raw milk. For the assessment of safety standards of milk quality, the sum of different parameters resembled the final grading of the investigated farms. For assessing farm hygiene and management strategies a structured audit list was implemented. Other parameters included microbial and antibiotic residues testing were also used. The result obtained from the audit list was used to attain the general classification of the dairy farms after deducting the values obtained from bacteriological testing and antibiotic residues from the audit list if they were found exceeding the limits. Accordingly, dairy farms were classified as class 'A' farm when it scored 90 to 100%, class 'B' from 80 to 89%, class 'C' from 70 t0 79%, and class 'D'
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