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College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences,, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Handling Practices of Raw Cow’s Milk and Major Constraints of Clean Milk Production in and around Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia
  Author(s): Birhanu Yeserah*, Asaminew Tassew and Hailu Mazengia
  
  The consumption of raw cow’s milk and its derivatives is common in Ethiopia, which is not safe from consumer health point of view as it may lead to the transmission of various diseases. The milk handling practices and different constraints that affect milk quality in different production systems were identified to take corrective measures. The data were collected from 212 respondents randomly selected respondents. Descriptive statistics was employed to summarize raw milk handling practice, hygienic quality of equipment. Pair-wise ranking technique was used to identify and prioritize the major milk quality related constraints. The result of the study revealed that, the milking methods of dairy farmers was hand milking with milking frequency of twice (90.1%) and once (9.9%) a day. On the other hand, only 28.3% of households were found practicing cleaning of the milking barn. There.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-888X.20.8.234

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