Contamination Levels and Identification of Bacteria in Milk Sampled from Three Regions of Tanzania: Evidence from Literature and Laboratory Analyses

Table 3

Bacteria detected in milk samples in the present study.

Region	N	EC	SS	KS	PS	PA	LM	LIN	LIV	SA	BA
Morogoro	103	6	3 (3.5)	ND	ND	3 (3.5)	47	20	13	9	11
Coast	80	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	21	8	2	ND	14
Tanga	144	12	ND	12 (11.8)	9 (8.9)	ND	ND	13	3	2	32
Total	327	18 (7.6)	3 (1.3)	12 (5.0)	9 (3.8)	3 (1.3)	68 (28.6)	41 (17.2)	18 (7.6)	11 (4.6)	57 (23.9)

: sample size; EC: E. coli; SS: Salmonella spp.; KS: Klebsiella spp.; PS: Proteus spp.; PA: P. aeruginosa; LM: L. monocytogenes; LIN: L. innocua; LIV: L. ivanovii; SA: S. aureus; BA: B. abortus; : number of positive samples in a region; (): percentage of samples detected with named bacteria in positive samples; ND: not detected. Different superscripts within a column indicate statistical significance of values among regions ().