TABLE 2.

Changes in organism numbers^a

Strain inoculated or inoculum level	M. paratuberculosis count (log10 CFU/ml or g)		Concn effect (log10)
	Inoculated milk	Cheese (24 h)
Strain
806PSS	3.0	4.0	1.0
796PSS	3.1	4.1	0.9
NCTC 8578	2.6	3.1	0.6
SEM	0.70 NS	0.12 NS	0.11*
Inoculum
High	4.0	4.7	0.8
Low	1.8	2.7	0.9
SEM	0.05 NS	0.10 NS	0.09 NS

^aSee Table 1, footnote b.