• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.318-323
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• 2009

Dahi is yoghurt like fermented dairy products available in Bangladesh made by traditional ways from raw milk. The aim of the present study was to check and compare the present quality status of the market dahi in reference to laboratory made dahi. For this, dahi was prepared in the laboratory (A) and collected from Kishoregonj district (B), Gazipur district (C), Bogra district (D) and Dhaka district (E and F). Consumer acceptance quality was judged on 100 point by a judge panel and chemical and microbiological quality test were done by established methods. 'A' type dahi was superior followed by E, D, F, B and C considering the consumer acceptance quality parameter. From chemical test, it appears that, B possess the lowest pH ($3.75\;{\pm}\;0.05$) and highest was in C ($4.46\;{\pm}\;0.15$). Total solids content of F type dahi ($318.40\;{\pm}\;4.44\;g/kg$) was highest and fat ($52.00\;{\pm}\;2.00\;g/kg$), protein ($44.33\;{\pm}\;2.00\;g/kg$) and ash ($10.76\;{\pm}\;0.31\;g/kg$) content were also higher in F type dahi. E and A type dahi were also with considerable figure in chemical quality parameter. Dahi B was inferior in respect of microbiological quality- total viable count (TVC) (${\times}\;10^5\;cfu/ml$) content was $94.00\;{\pm}\;4.58$, yeast (cfu/ml) content was $183.33\;{\pm}\;15.28$ and mold (cfu/ml) content was $53.33\;{\pm}\;15.28$. The TVC (${\times}\;10^5\;cfu/ml$), yeast (cfu/ml) and mold (cfu/ml) content of A type dahi were $39.67\;{\pm}\;4.51$, $50.00\;{\pm}\;10.00$ and $20.00\;{\pm}\;10.00$, respectively. Considering all the three major quality aspects dahi A was superior than others followed by F, D, E, C and B.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.17-32
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• 1984

There are numerous reports on the relative risk of pelvic inflammatory disease among the users versus the nonusers of intrauterine device. Reported relative risk varied from no difference between the two groups to 3-9 fold increase in the users. In an attempt to define this relative risk of pelvic inflammatory disease and related microorganisms ,pelvic organ observation and bacteriological study were done through laparoscopy. Specimens for microbiologic culture were obtained simultaneously from the fallopian tubes via laparoscopy and from the endocervix via regular pelvic examination method. The study population was consisted of 30 I.U.D.users and 35 J.U.D.nonusers who visited the Yonsei University Severance Hospital and the Sung-Ga Hospital for laparoscopic sterilization. The results obtained were as follows: 1. There was no difference in age distribution, economic status and numbers of parity and abortion between I.U.D. users and I.U.D. nonusers. 2. The pelvic inflammatory findings were noted on laparoscopy in 2 cases of I.U.D. users, with an incidence of 6.6%. And no pelvic inflammatory finding was noted in any of the nonusers,but this difference was not statistically significant (p>0.005). 3. All the bacteriologic culture of the specimens from the fallopian tubes of both groups yielded negative results. 4. The bacteriologic culture of the spec imens f rom the endocervix revealed more frequent isolation of possible pathogen such as Hem ophilus ,alpha-Streptococcus ,Corynebacteria, Bacteroides in the I.U.D.users than in the nonusers.But,this difference was also not statistically significant (p>0.005).