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Table 6 Aflatoxin M1 contamination in milk in the rural dairy system and peri-urban dairy systems

From: Aflatoxin B1 and Deoxynivalenol contamination of dairy feeds and presence of Aflatoxin M1 contamination in milk from smallholder dairy systems in Nakuru, Kenya

Dairy system

Statistic

Production

Transporters

Cooperatives

Milk bars

Rural

Mean ± SD

0.011 ± 0.010b

0.007 ± 0.006b

0.005 ± 0.008b

0.006 ± 0.004b

 

Median

0.006

0.006

0.00

0.00

 

Range

0.00–0.041

0.00–0.019

0.00–0.022

0.00–0.034

Peri-urban

Mean ± SD

0.062 ± 0.019a

0.049 ± 0.021a

0.043 ± 0.025a

0.033 ± 0.015a

 

Median

0.073

0.048

0.042

0.029

 

Range

0.022–0.083

0.020–0.083

0.019–0.082

0.017–0.069

  1. Means with same letter along the column are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05 and SD standard deviation