Table 1.

Range of bacterial load in poultry feeds

Feed type	Number of samples	Number of samples excluded	Bacterial load (cfu/g)
			Lowest	Highest
Layer mash	29	5	3.2 × 105	3.0 × 106
Grower mash	27	7	3.5 × 105	2.04 × 106
Chick mash	30	2	3.2 × 105	2.55 × 106
Kienyeji mash	27	5	3.1 × 105	2.9 × 106
Starter mash	27	4	3.2 × 105	2.94 × 106
Finisher mash	6	2	7.0 × 105	1.37 × 106
Maize germ/sunflower	4	2	4.2 × 105	1.01 × 106
Total	150	37