Research Article

Trends of Antibiotic Resistance in Mesophilic and Psychrotrophic Bacterial Populations during Cold Storage of Raw Milk

Table 2

Trend of Rap4 compared to Rap0 determined for raw milk samples 1–12.

Milk storage temperatureABAB concentrationPopulation typeRap4 compared to Rap0§

4°CIMRap4 < Rap0
PRap4 > Rap0
GIIMRap4 < Rap0
PRap4 = Rap0
6°CIMRap4 = Rap0
PRap4 > Rap0
IIMRap4 < Rap0
PRap4 = Rap0

4°CIMRap4 < Rap0
PRap4 < Rap0
CIIMRap4 < Rap0
PRap4 < Rap0
6°CIMRap4 < Rap0
PRap4 = Rap0
IIMRap4 < Rap0
PRap4 = Rap0

4°CIMRap4 = Rap0
PRap4 = Rap0
LIIMRap4 = Rap0
PRap4 = Rap0
6°CIMRap4 > Rap0
PRap4 > Rap0
IIMRap4 > Rap0
PRap4 > Rap0

4°CIMRap4 = Rap0
PRap4 = Rap0
TSIIMRap4 > Rap0
PRap4 = Rap0
6°CIMRap4 = Rap0
PRap4 > Rap0
IIMRap4 = Rap0
PRap4 > Rap0

§ The results correspond to the comparisons of the means of the Rapd values, from sampling days 0 and 4, by the NPS tests which are significant at the 0.01 level (for all tests performed).