Table 2.
SCC, coliforms and E. coli in cows’ and buffaloes’ positive CMT milk samples.
| Types of milk samples | Total no. | +ve CMT | Minimum SCC (Cell/ml) | Maximum SCC (Cell/ml) | Mean SCC ±SE (Cell/ml) | Coliforms No. (%) |
E. coli No. (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters – cows | 60 | 26 | 336 × 103 | 2 × 106 | 1.368 × 106 ± 0.085 × 106 a | 26 (100%) | 2 (7.7%) b |
| Composite | |||||||
| Cows | 15 | 14 | 350 × 103 | 817 × 103 | 515 × 103 ± 45 × 103 b | 13 (92.9%) | 7 (50%) a |
| Buffaloes | 15 | 4 | 312 × 103 | 639 × 103 | 485 × 103 ± 68 × 103 | 4 (100%) | 2 (50%) |
a,b Different superscripts indicate significant difference (p < 0.05)