Table 3.

Mean geometric somatic cell counts and total bacterial counts in bulk-tank milk of 325 sheep flocks in Greece, in accord with staphylococcal isolation from therein.

Somatic Cell Counts (Cells mL−1)
Results of staphylococcal isolation	All isolates		Biofilm-forming isolates
	Flocks	SCC	Flocks	SCC
No isolation of staphylococci	124	0.418 × 106 a	182	0.444 × 106 b
Isolation of cnS 1 only	156	0.529 × 106 a	111	0.551 × 106 b
Isolation of S. aureus only	37	0.570 × 106 a	28	0.578 × 106 b
Isolation of cnS and S. aureus	8	0.575 × 106 a	4	0.412 × 106 b
Total Bacterial Counts (cfu mL−1) 2
Results of staphylococcal isolation	All isolates		Biofilm-forming isolates
	Flocks	TBC	Flocks	TBC
No isolation of staphylococci	124	320 × 103	182	320 × 103
Isolation of cnS only	156	416 × 103	111	416 × 103
Isolation of S. aureus only	37	597 × 103	28	597 × 103
Isolation of cnS and S. aureus	8	716 × 103	4	716 × 103

¹ coagulase-negative staphylococci; ² cfu: colony-forming-units. ^a,b p < 0.05 for differences between means with the same superscript within a column.