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Table 7. Antibacterial efficacy of peracetic acid A on carcasses and contaminated water.

Classification			50 ppm	100 ppm	150 ppm	200 ppm	SEM	p-value
Before treatment	Carcasses	General bacteria	18,816	18,816	18,816	18,816	19.70	0.99
	Carcasses	Escherichia coli	6,941.7	6,941.7	6,941.7	6,941.7	41.45	0.96
	Contaminated water	General bacteria	3.6×10⁸	3.6×10⁸	3.6×10⁸	3.6×10⁸	1.4×10⁷	0.97
	Contaminated water	E. coli	3.8×10⁷	3.6×10⁷	3.6×10⁷	3.6×10⁷	1.7×10⁶	0.98
After treatment	Carcasses	General bacteria	2,113.0^b	1,110.5^c	884.0^b	292.0^b	288.26	<0.05
	Carcasses	E. coli	585.5^ab	139.0^b	122.0^b	44.2^b	56.98	<0.05
	Contaminated water	General bacteria	1.5×10^8b	1.3×10^8b	9.8×10^7b	9.8×10^7a	1.6×10⁷	<0.05
	Contaminated water	E. coli	7.9×10^6a	4.3×10^6b	5.8×10^6a	2.7×10^6b	3.4×10⁶	<0.05
Redution rate (%)¹⁾	Carcasses	General bacteria	88.87^c	94.12^b	95.32^b	98.46^a	1.46	<0.05
	Carcasses	E. coli	91.62^bc	98.01^b	98.26^b	99.45^b	3.53	<0.05
	Contaminated water	General bacteria	58.61^b	64.32^b	72.86^a	72.85^a	6.92	<0.05
	Contaminated water	E. coli	79.17^c	88.06^b	84.02^b	92.47^a	5.66	<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–c

Values with different letters within a row are different at p<0.05.