Antimicrobial effect of smoking milk handling containers’ inner surfaces as a preservation method in pastoral systems in Kenya

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Table 2 The microbial load of milk before bulking and from the different containers of bulking

Microbial type/sample type	Milk before bulking (log₁₀ cfu/ml)	Milk bulked in smoked containers (log₁₀ cfu/ml)	Milk bulked in chlorine-disinfected containers (log₁₀ cfu/ml)	Milk bulked in plain-water-washed containers (log₁₀ cfu/ml)
TVC	4.73 ± 0.71^a	5.10 ± 0.96^b	5.23 ± 1.11^b	6.22 ± 2.47^c
TCC	0.75 ± 1.33^a	3.61 ± 2.13^b	2.46 ± 2.18^c	4.41 ± 2.01^d
LAB	1.36 ± 1.89^a	3.84 ± 2.22^b	2.04 ± 1.35^c	3.93 ± 1.14^b

The values are means ± standard deviations of three replicates from each container. Means with the same letter (for each row) are not statistically different