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Table 1 TVC (log10 CFU/cm2) on hands, knives and clothes of workers

From: Microbial quality of goat carcasses in Lilongwe, Malawi

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Chinsapo-2

Chigwirizano

Before treatment

After treatment

Sign.

Before treatment

After treatment

Sign.

Hands

6.74 ± 0.38a

8.03 ± 0.38b

*

9.48 ± 0.50

7.12 ± 0.50

*

Knives

6.38 ± 0.38a

7.67 ± 0.38b

*

9.48 ± 0.50

8.84 ± 0.50

NS

Clothes

8.26 ± 0.38

7.30 ± 0.38

NS

8.24 ± 0.50

8.73 ± 0.50

NS

  1. NS not significant
  2. * Significant at level (P < 0.05)
  3. a,bMeans with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different