The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 1 Total bacterial, Staphylococcal and Pseudomonad loads of C. gariepinus from cultured and natural habitats

From: Assessment of bacterial loads of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) obtained from cultured and natural habitats

			Total bacterial loads (CFU/g × 10⁴)		Staphylococcal loads (CFU/g × 10⁴)		Pseudomonad loads (CFU/g × 10⁴)
Habitats	Locations	No. of fish examined	Skin	Intestine	Skin	Intestine	Skin	Intestine
Cultured	Pond A	3	13.5 ± 3.10^c	12.20 ± 3.12^c	6.03 ± 1.67^b	6.00 ± 1.22^b	4.17 ± 0.51^b	4.20 ± 0.20^c
Cultured	Pond B	3	12.27 ± 2.47^bc	10.30 ± 0.27^bc	4.37 ± 0.72^ab	4.77 ± 0.55^b	2.63 ± 0.67^a	3.80 ± 0.20^bc
Total		6	25.77	22.50	10.40	10.77	6.80	8.00
Natural	River A	3	7.27 ± 1.10^a	6.83 ± 0.55^a	3.13 ± 0.50^ab	2.40 ± 0.40^a	2.83 ± 0.60^a	2.47 ± 0.55^ab
Natural	River B	3	8.67 ± 0.70^ab	7.40 ± 0.92^ab	3.53 ± 0.83^a	3.10 ± 0.44^a	2.63 ± 0.60^a	3.07 ± 0.81^a
Total		6	15.94	14.23	6.66	5.50	5.46	5.54

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