## 3 Results
The various breeds of sheep and goats present in the farms into the study are shown in Table 1; their zootechnical characteristics are summarized according to the origin of the breeds (i.e., Greek or imported) in Table 2.  
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Breed**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Farms (n)**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Geometric Mean (95\% CI 1)**} \\  & & **Somatic Cells Counts (Cells mL-1)** & **Total Bacterial Counts (cfu mL-1)** \\ \hline \hline \multicolumn{4}{c}{Sheep farms} \\ Assaf & 30 & 0.528 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.427 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)–0.652 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 329 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (191 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)–562 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ Awassi & 1 & 0.227 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) & 495 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) \\ Boutsko & 2 & 0.374 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.333 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)—0.418 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 425 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (93 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)—1905 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ Chios & 44 & 0.592 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.467 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)—0.754 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 442 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (185 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)—977 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ Crossbreds & 43 & 0.547 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.439 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)–0.679 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 547 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (288 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)—776 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ Friesarta & 12 & 0.457 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.296 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)–0.708 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 461 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (204 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)—1047 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ Friesian & 13 & 0.530 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.421 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)–0.665 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 216 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (135 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)—347 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ Karagounko & 5 & 0.642 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.252 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)–1.638 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 272 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (50 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)—1479 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ Kefallinia & 1 & 0.172 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) & 677 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) \\ Lacaune & 95 & 0.453 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.398 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)—0.515 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 360 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (240 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)—550 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ ‘Local’ 2 & 55 & 0.516 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.412 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)–0.643 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 496 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (389 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)—891 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ Mytilini & 18 & 0.276 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.192 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)–0.396 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 408 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (209 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)—794 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ Sfakia & 6 & 0.597 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.412 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)–0.866 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 357 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (257 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)—490 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ \hline \hline \multicolumn{4}{c}{Goat farms} \\ Alpine & 9 & 0.647 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.477 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)–0.878 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 659 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (309 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)–1413 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ Crossbreds & 18 & 0.799 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.579 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)–1.104 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 305 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (123 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)–759 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ Damascus & 18 & 0.936 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.775 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)–1.135 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 1009 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (550 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)—1862 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ Kefallinia & 1 & 1.831 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) & 7482 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) \\ Indigenous Greek (_Capra prisca_) & 50 & 0.932 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.802 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)–1.081 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 589 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (437 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)–871 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ Murciano-Granadina & 13 & 0.657 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\) (0.471 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)–0.915 \(\times\) 10\({}^{6}\)) & 608 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\) (309 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)–1202 \(\times\) 10\({}^{3}\)) \\ Saanen &In farms with breeds of Greek origin, for sheep and goats, semi-extensive management was applied more frequently (40.9% and 59.5% of farms, respectively).