PCR is a promising alternative for the problematic culturing and identifi- cation of these pathogens by conventional techniques (Singh et al., 2012; Khan et al., 2013). In this study, a total of 60 individual raw milk samples including 38 bovine and 22 ovine samples were studied. Overall, 36 (60%) milk samples were positive for the presence of atleast one selected food-borne pathogens: 25 of 38 (65.8%) bovine milk samples and 11 of 22 (50%) ovine milk samples were positive (Fig. 1).