In India, there is a growing interest in donkey milk mainly because of its antimicrobial properties. The aim of this study was to know the microbial profile and to investigate antibacterial effect of raw donkey milk against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). Average values of fat, SNF, cholesterol, proteins, lactose, salt, temperature and pH were 0.67, 8.05, 30.4, 2.95, 4.43, 0.66, 30.83 oC and 7.08 respectively. The total viable count in the neat donkey milk samples varied from 220 to 2080 cfu/ml (918 or 2.96 log cfu/ml on average).
Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2018) 7(3): 3237-3242 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume Number 03 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2018.703.374 Microbial Profile and Antimicrobial Effect of Donkey Milk against Staphylococcus aureus K.M Chandrashekar1*, R Sharada1 and S Isloor2 Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Veterinary College, Hassan – 573 202, KVAFSU, Karnataka, India Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Veterinary College, Bangalore – 560 024, KVAFSU, Karnataka, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Donkey milk, Microbial profile, Antimicrobial effect, Lysozyme Article Info Accepted: 26 February 2018 Available Online: 10 March 2018 In India, there is a growing interest in donkey milk mainly because of its antimicrobial properties The aim of this study was to know the microbial profile and to investigate antibacterial effect of raw donkey milk against Staphylococcus aureus (S aureus) Average values of fat, SNF, cholesterol, proteins, lactose, salt, temperature and pH were 0.67, 8.05, 30.4, 2.95, 4.43, 0.66, 30.83 oC and 7.08 respectively The total viable count in the neat donkey milk samples varied from 220 to 2080 cfu/ml (918 or 2.96 log cfu/ml on average) All samples were negative for moulds/yeast and also for pathogenic bacteria like S aureus, Salmonella spp., E coli, Bacillus cereus and Streptococcus spp In two samples, the bacterial count reduced below the detection limit of