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. 2020 Sep 11;28(3):3318–3330. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-10680-9

Table 3.

Average, standard deviation, and range of bacterial bioaerosol in animal premises in Chorzów zoological garden

Group of animals Fractions of bioaerosol (CFU/m3)
Total count of bacteria (TC) average ± st. dev. (range) Respirable fraction (RF) average ± st. dev. (range)
Giraffes 17,727 ± 17,435 (1978–41,288) 12,725 ± 12,847 (1837–30,825)
Elephants 31,617 ± 49,427 (3533–105,576) 27,476 ± 43,529 (3344–92,644)
Camels 11,173 ± 7498 (1554–17,675) 9511 ± 6981 (1272–16,048)
Colobinae 2178 ± 2015 (847–5182) 1371 ± 1363 (471–3391)
Kangaroos 14,137 ± 8281 (2403–20,149) 9985 ± 6917 (989–17,604)
Control 416 ± 255 (223–791) 276 ± 236 (118–622)