Investigation of Bacteriological Quality of Meat from Abattoir and Butcher Shops in Bishoftu, Central Ethiopia

Table 3

Aerobic plate counts from abattoir in (log₁₀ cfu/cm²).

Round of sample collection	No. of observations	Mean (log10 cfu/cm^2)	Standard deviation (SD)	Minimum count (log10 cfu/cm^2)	Maximum count (log10 cfu/cm^2)
R1	12	4.41	0.62	3.7	5.49
R2	12	4.69	0.98	3.5	6.25
R3	12	4.38	0.67	3.6	5.38
R4	12	4.64	0.68	3.56	5.46
Average	—	4.53	0.74	—	—

R = round of sample collection.