Table 1

- Comparison of microbial number between street vendor milk and farm milk (cfu/mL).

Media AgarStreet vendors samplesFarm samples
Raw milk*
Baird Parker21215±193563470±1055
Sheep blood12690±6181531075±928
BHI13175±361240195±880
Violet red bile1240±293980±13
Hektoen enteric2515±606900±13

Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD).

BHI: brain heart infusion

  • ↵* Raw refers to untreated samples from street vendors.