Table 4.

Log removal calculated by digester and season for bovine Bacteroides, Bacteroidales‐like CowM3, and bovine polyomavirus.

Digester	Season	Bovine Bacteroides	Bacteroidales‐like CowM3	Bovine polyomavirus
1	Spring	0.62	0.90	0.04
3	Spring	1.06	1.38	1.03
4	Spring	0.83	0.70	−0.14
5	Spring	0.59	0.80	0.82
6	Spring	0.99	1.04	0.41
7	Spring	0.90	1.17	0.24
8	Spring	1.34	1.50	0.67
1	Summer	0.24	−0.16	−0.66
3	Summer	0.64	0.28	0.47
4	Summer	0.90	0.42	0.40
5	Summer	−0.16	−0.48	0.95
6	Summer	0.55	0.08	0.51
7	Summer	0.48	0.14	0.50
8	Summer	1.15	0.64	0.30
1	Winter	0.68	0.93	0.32
3	Winter	0.55	0.68	0.14
4	Winter	0.74	0.60	−0.07
5	Winter	0.94	0.93	2.14
6	Winter	1.06	0.99	0.62
7	Winter	0.91	0.98	1.07
8	Winter	1.28	1.24	1.39
Mean		0.78	0.70	0.53
SD		0.34	0.50	0.58