Multiple Antibiotic Resistance-Coliform Bacteria in Some Selected Fish Farms of the Central Region of Ghana

Table 1

Total coliform loads of fish and water samples from various fish farms.

Farm	Type of fish-holding facility	Mean total coliform load of water ( × 10^4 CFU/mL) and fish ( × 10^4 CFU/g) samples
		Water	Fish
			Catfish	Tilapia
1	Earthen pond	294.000 ± 21.000^a	0.900 ± 0.030	0.720 ± 0.130
2	Concrete tank	53.900 ± 8.700^b	0.161 ± 0.040	_
3	Concrete tank	14.800 ± 4.200	_	0.012 ± 0.003^e
4	Concrete tank	17.200 ± 2.000^c	0.013 ± 0.004^f	_
5	Concrete tank	3.000 ± 0.700	0.120 ± 0.010	0.140 ± 0.02
6	Plastic tank	4.000 ± 0.500^d	0.130 ± 0.006	_

_Type of fish not sampled due to nonavailability at the farm. “a” depicts the significant difference between the mean total coliform load of water and catfish in farm 1. “b” depicts the significant difference between the mean total coliform load of water and catfish in farm 2. “c” depicts the significant difference between the mean total coliform load of water and catfish in farm 4. “d” depicts the significant difference between the mean total coliform load of water and catfish in farm 6. “e” depicts the significant difference between the mean total coliform load of tilapia in farm 3 and those from other farms. “f” depicts the significant difference between the mean total coliform load of catfish in farm 4 and those from other farms.