INCIDENCE OF MOTILE AEROMONAS SPP IN RAW MILK AND SOME DAIRY PRODUCTS

total of 150 samples, 50 each of raw milk, Pasteurized milk and white soft cheese from different dairy, farms; retail shops and supermarkets in Mansoura City, El-Dakahlia wovince, egypt., were examined for the presence of motile Aeromonas spp. The detection of organisms by quantitative methods providing more reliable results compacd to qualitative method. Motile Aeromonas occurred in 5.3% and 6%: of examined sampels using direct plating method and enrichement method respectively. the incidence of motile Aeromonas spp. was 6%; 6% and 16% sampels of raw milk; pasteurized milk and white soft cheese,respectively using enrichement method. The most common Aeromonads isolated was Aeromonas _ 
hydrophila which comprised 46.2% of the isolates, whilst, A. Caviae; A. Sobria and not classified strains, represented 29.5%; 9.8% and 4.5% respectively. All Aeromonas isolates were uniformly resistant to ampicillin; pincillin and erythromycin and sensitive to other tested antibiotics with different activity percentage. The presence of motile Aeromonas spp in raw milk and some diary products may represent an important vehicle of its transmission