Table 1.
Bacteria identified in *ninety eight (98) raw milk samples from Accra and Kumasi
| Bacteria | Accra | Kumasi | Total | |||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Yersinia spp. | 15 | 25.9 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 19.9 |
| Klebsiella spp | ||||||
| Proteus spp. | 0 | 0 | 15 | 39.5 | **15 | 15.6 |
| Enterobacter spp. |
7 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.3 |
| Escherichia coli |
0 | 0 | 6 | 15.8 | +6 | 6.3 |
| Staphylococcus spp. |
1 | 1.7 | 1 | 2.6 | 2 | 2.1 |
| Bacillus spp. | 14 | 24.1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.6 |
| mycobacterium spp. |
11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11.5 |
| 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 49 | 84.5 | 26 | 68.9 | 75 | 78.2 |
*
samples sizes from Accra and Kumasi were 58 and 38 respectively
**
included K. pneumoniae (5), K. oxytoca (2), K. ozaenae (7), and other Klebsiella spp. (1)
+
included E. aerogenes (2) and other Enterobacter spp (4)