Bacterial Milk Quality along the Value Chain in Smallholder Dairy Production

Table 2

LS means of TBC (x1000 cfu/mL) E. coli (x1000 cfu/mL) and S. enterica (x1000 cfu/mL) of raw milk produced at AU Farm.

	Collection stage (S)				Time (T) (weeks)			SE	P values
	DM	BT	DH	SE	1	2	3		S	T	ST
TBC	913.4^c	919.3^b	1160.5^a	106	689.9^b	356.5^c	2568.8^a	106	0.001	0.001	0.002
E. coli	4.4^b	2.3^b	60.4^a	18.1	21.4^b	43.5^a	21.0^b	18.1	0.003	0.022	0.022
S. enterica	19.66^c	55.00^b	80.33^a	2.33	16.33^a	8.33^c	12.67^b	2.33	0.001	0.003	0.09

^abc means with different superscripts are significant at ( < 0.05), SE = standard error DM = milking, BT = bulk storage, DH = dining hall.