RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS The total bacterial count (TBC) in a total of 75 raw milk samples showed a range of 6.0x103 to 1.59x10 CFU/ml. The hygienic limit for TBC was exceeded in 26.7 percent of samples. It is higher than the percentage obtained in a study which reported 20.8 percent of bulk milk samples that exceeded the hygienic limitu61. A recent study also showed that the hygienic limit for TBC exceeded in 17.9, 36.4 and 20.0% of the raw milk samples collected from three