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. 2019 Dec 3;7(1):61–70. doi: 10.1080/23144599.2019.1691378

Table 3.

Prevalence of coliforms and E. coli on teat skin swabs, drinking water samples and birds’ faecal swabs.

Samples Total no. Coliforms
No. (%)		 E. coli
No. (%)
Cows:      

  •  ● Fore teats

 25 10 (40%) 3 (12%)

  •  ● Hind teats

 25 9 (36%) 4 (16%)

  •  ● Total

 50 19 (38%) a 7 (14%)
Buffaloes:      

  •  ● Fore teats

 15 4 (26.67%) 0

  •  ● Hind teats

 15 2 (13.33%) 0

  •  ● Total

 30 6 (20%) a 0
Drinking water: 5 1 (20%) 1 (20%)
Resident wild birds:      

  •  ● Laughing Doves (Spilopelia senegalensis)

 12   8 (66.6%)

  •  ● Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

 8   6 (75%)

  •  ● Total

 20   14 (70%) a
Migratory waterfowls:      

  •  ● Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

 10   3 (30%)

  •  ● Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

 8   3 (37.5%)

  •  ● Total

 18   6 (33.3%) b

a,b Different superscripts indicate significant difference (p < 0.05)