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Table 3 Standard Plate Counts (SPC): Total bacterial count and S. aureus isolates count from Raw Milk collected directly from teat and milking buckets

From: Bacteriological milk quality: possible hygienic factors and the role of Staphylococcus aureus in raw bovine milk in and around Gondar, Ethiopia

Sample No.

Bacterial load count (CFU/ml)

S. aureus (CFU/ml)

Sample No.

Bacterial load count (CFU/ml)

S. aureus (CFU/ml)

Raw Milk collected directly from teat

Raw Milk collected directly from teat

1

3.36×104

0

38

1.60×105

7.56×102

2

2.74×104

0

39

2.03×105

0

3

2.10 ×104

3.4×102

40

4.10×104

0

4

2.25 ×102

0

41

1.20×104

0

5

6.20×103

0

42

8.00×103

0

6

6.40×104

2.41×102

43

5.80×103

0

7

2.48×105

0

44

2.60×104

0

8

7.20×104

0

45

9.40×105

0

9

2.55×106

5.00×102

46

2.09×106

0

10

2.25 ×105

0

47

4.17×105

2.20×10

11

7.04×105

2.50×10

48

4.86×104

0

12

6.49×105

0

49

1.37×104

1.75×102

13

1.84×104

0

50

3.00×103

0

14

1.05×106

3.45×102

51

3.40×104

0

15

5.40×104

8.6×10

52

7.05×104

0

16

4.00×103

0

53

4.30×104

0

17

2.30×104

0

54

4.20×103

0

18

6.50×103

0

55

8.27×104

0

19

2.38×106

0

56

4.00×105

2.50×102

20

4.05×104

0

57

2.05×104

0

21

9.70×104

0

58

3.52×103

0

22

5.94×104

0

59

2.45×103

0

23

2.62×105

0

60

5.63×104

0

24

3.95×105

0

Milking buckets

25

4.92×105

0

61

7.10x103

 

26

5.38 ×104

0

62

1.17x104

 

27

2.09 ×104

0

63

2.39x105

 

28

1.28×104

0

64

2.67x104

5.25x102

29

9.60×103

0

65

5.10x103

 

30

7.20×102

0

66

1.46x105

 

31

2.60×103

2.76×102

67

5.80x104

3.12x102

32

1.36×104

0

68

4.6x104

 

33

1.20×102

0

69

2.7x106

2.3x102

34

3.00×103

0

70

3.1x105

 

35

6.22×103

0

71

3.08x105

 

36

8.20×103

0

72

6.4x104

 

37

6.80×103

0