Siriwat Wasiksiri, Usa Chethanond, Sahutaya Pongprayoon, Somjit Srimai, and Bunjob Nasae

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Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the quality and safety of raw goat milk in Lower Southern Thailand during
August to September 2008. Milk samples were collected from five farms in Songkhla, Yala, and Pattani Province of which the
pH, acidity, specific gravity, milk fat, solid not fat, total solid, total plate count, Coliform count, and antibiotic residue were
tested. The results did not show any significant difference (p>0.05) on pH and total plate count among samples from each
farm. However, acidity, specific gravity, milk fat, solid not fat, and total solid varied between farms depending on feed supply
and management. Means of total bacteria count and Coliform count of most samples were in TACF standard quality (log
3.720 cfu/ml and log 1.892 cfu/ml, respectively), except four samples had higher Coliform contamination. Additionally,
a higher proportion (22.7 %) of samples with antibiotic residue was found.