Fig. 1

Effect of acidification of colostrum on A) total and B) coliform bacterial counts (n = 15 per group). Data are plotted as mean ± standard error but were analyzed using non-parametric methods which make no assumptions about data distributions. * Total coliform count was significantly reduced in acidified compared to untreated colostrum P = 0.02, total bacterial count was also reduced but the effect was not statistically significant; Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test