<![CDATA[ABSTRAKPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui total bakteri Escherichia coli pada susu kambing Peranakan Etawah (PE) di Kelurahan Ibuh, Kecamatan Payakumbuh Barat, Provinsi Sumatera Barat. Sampel pada penelitian ini adalah dua belas sampel susu segar, yang diambil di peternakan kambing Peranakan Etawah di Kelurahan Ibuh, Kecamatan Payakumbuh Barat, Provinsi Sumatera Barat. Sampel diambil tiga kali dengan selang waktu satu minggu. Penghitungan bakteri dilakukan dengan metode Total Plate Count (TPC) berdasarkan Standar Nasional Indonesia (SNI) dengan cara membuat satu seri pengenceran desimal (10-1-10-5). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tidak ditemukannya bakteri Escherichia coli pada susu kambing Peranakan Etawah di Kelurahan Ibuh, Kecamatan Payakumbuh Barat, Provinsi Sumatera Barat. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa susu kambing Peranakan Etawah (PE) di peternakan kambing Peranakan Etawah (PE) di Kelurahan Ibuh, Kecamatan Payakumbuh Barat, Provinsi Sumatera Barat tidak tercemar bakteri Escherichia coli.Kata kunci: Esherichia coli, kambing peranakan etawah, susu, total plate count (tpc). ABSTRACT This research was done to count the total of Escherichia coli in fresh milk of etawah cross breed in Ibuh Village, West Payakumbuh Subdistrict, West Sumatera Province. Samples were twelve of fresh milk that taken from dairy farm in the Ibuh Village, West Payakumbuh Subdistrict, West Sumatera Province. Samples were taken three times with an interval of one week. Bacteria was counted using total plate count (TPC) method based on Standar Nasional Indonesia (SNI) by serial dilution (10-1-10-5). The result of this research shows that no Escherichia coli detected in fresh milk from Ibuh Village, West Payakumbuh, West Sumatera Province. It can be concluded that the fresh milk in the dairy farm in Ibuh Village, West Payakumbuh Subdistrict, West Sumatra province, not contaminated with Escherichia coli.Keywords: Esherichia coli, PE goat, milk, total plate count (TPC). ]]>
