sanitary condition of dairy farm milk produced by hand and milking machine in sharkia governorat

One hundred random samples (50 each of hand milk and machine milk) were collected from four dairy (large – small) farms in Sharkia Governorate.1- Total bacterial count:The average of total bacterial count in examined hand milk samples was ranged from 1.0 x 102 to 7.5 x 107 with mean of 3.4 x 106. While n case of machine milk samples the mean count of total bacterial count was 1.0 x 102 and ranged from 1.4 x 102 to 7.1 x2- Staphylococci count:The mean value of Staphylococci count in examined hand milk samples was 2.4 x 105. While in case of machine milk samples the mean count of staphylococci was 2.8 x 106 and ranged from 2.0 x 103 to 9.0 x 107.3- Enterococci count:Streptococcus faecalis, Streptococcus faecium and Streptococcus intermediate could be isolated from 78, 62 and 56% of examine hand milk samples with a mean counts of 2.4 x 104, 1.7 x 104 and 1.3 x 104 respectively. While in case of machine milk samples th