Table 1.

Isolation and quantification of pathogenic bacteria from common carp, silver carp and grass carp samples (n = 5).

Species	Microbial Load (CFU/g)
	E. coli	A. hydrophila	Salmonella spp.	Shewanella putrefaciens	Vibrio spp.	Staphylococcus spp.
Common carp	3.3 × 103	8.8 × 103	nd	nd	1.3 × 103	1.0 × 102
Silver carp	6.9 × 104	7.8 × 104	nd	1.6 × 102	3.6 × 102	2.2 × 103
Grass carp	4.4 × 104	6.6 × 104	nd	nd	1.8 × 102	1.2 × 102

nd—not detected. All analyses were performed in triplicate.