Relationship pattern of enteric bacterial load and assessed micronutrients in the gut of Clarias gariepinus fish sampled in the Ibadan municipal zone

The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology

Table 2 Mean bacterial count (10⁶ CFU/g) in the gut of Clarias gariepinus sampled across farms in the Ibadan municipal zones

IMZ	A & B	C	D	E	F	Pooled StDev
Week 1	0.28 ± 0.05^a	0.21 ± 0.01^b	0.21 ± 0.01^b	0.23 ± 0.01^b	0.22 ± 0.22^b	0.02
Week 2	0.39 ± 0.01^a	0.21 ± 0.01^c	0.27 ± 0.01^b	0.22 ± 0.01^c	0.28 ± 0.001^b	0.01
Week 3	0.40 ± 0.1^a	0.24 ± 0.01^b	0.14 ± 0.07^c	0.21 ± 0.01^bc	0.22 ± 0.01^bc	0.05
Week 4	0.31 ± 0.01^a	0.18 ± 0.02^c	0.10 ± 0.00^d	0.19 ± 0.01^c	0.23 ± 0.01^b	0.01
Week 5	0.21 ± 0.01^ab	0.18 ± 0.08^b	0.24 ± 0.01^ab	0.18 ± 0.01^b	0.26 ± 0.01^a	0.04
Week 6	0.32 ± 0.01^a	0.19 ± 0.01^d	0.22 ± 0.01^c	0.21 ± 0.01^c	0.25 ± 0.01^b	0.01

The means that do not share a letter across the rows are significantly different (P < 0.05)
IMZ Ibadan municipal zones, A & B farms located in Ibadan North, C farms located in Ibadan Northeast, D farms located in Ibadan Northwest, E farm located in Ibadan Southwest, F farms located in Ibadan Southeast