Table 6. Antibacterial efficacy of peracetic acid (Daesung) on carcasses and contaminated water.

Classification			50 ppm	100 ppm	150 ppm	200 ppm	SEM	p-value
Before treatment	Carcasses	General bacteria	5,350	5,350	5,350	5,350	13.40	0.98
		Escherichia coli	925.8	925.8	925.8	925.8	18.74	0.97
	Contaminated water	General bacteria	3.6×108	3.6×108	3.6×108	3.6×108	1.4×107	0.97
		E. coli	3.8×107	3.6×107	3.6×107	3.6×107	1.7×106	0.98
After treatment	Carcasses	General bacteria	1,731.5b	2,127.5b	980.5b	388.5b	415.06	0.06
		E. coli	335.0b	308.5b	266.0b	98.6b	60.28	0.08
	Contaminated water	General bacteria	1.9×108b	1.7×108b	1.5×108ab	1.3×108a	1.71×108	<0.05
		E. coli	9.7×106a	8.7×106ab	6.8×106a	6.3×106c	1.8×105	<0.05
Redution rate (%)1)	Carcasses	General bacteria	67.61b	60.27b	81.73b	92.70a	17.46	<0.05
		E. coli	63.81c	66.76c	71.30b	89.37a	11.46	<0.05
	Contaminated water	General bacteria	46.57b	52.41b	58.59ab	63.52a	7.37	<0.05
		E. coli	74.52b	75.76ab	81.12a	82.45a	3.92	<0.05

Each values are mean±SD of at least three repeated experiments.

¹⁾(Initial bacterial count – Count of bacteria after 10 min) / Initial bacterial count × 100.

^a–cValues with different letters within a row are different at p<0.05.