Table 2.
Changes in microbial quality of smoked buffalo rumen meat product during storage at ambient temperature (25 ± 1 °C)
| Treatments | Period (days) | Treatment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | Means ± SE | |
| Total plate count (log10 cfu/g) | |||||
| Control | 1.6 ± 0.02 | 3.5 ± 0.12 | 6.1 ± 0.42 | 6.5 ± 0.08 | 4.4 ± 0.16 |
| Treated | 1.6 ± 0.04 | 2.1 ± 0.16 | 3.3 ± 0.55 | 5.4 ± 0.16c | 3.1 ± 0.28 |
| Days means ± SE | 1.6 ± 0.03a | 2.8 ± 0.14b | 4.7 ± 0.48c | 6.0 ± 0.12d | |
| Yeast and mould count (log10 cfu/g) | |||||
| Control | 1.9 + 0.02 | 3.6 ± 0.10 | 4.0 ± 0.16 | 4.2 ± 0.12 | 3.4 ± 0.10 |
| Treated | 1.7 ± 0.12 | 2.4 ± 0.14 | 2.6 ± 0.16b | 3.7 ± 0.18 | 2.6 ± 0.15 |
| Days means ± SE | 1.8 ± 0.14a | 3.0 ± 0.12b | 3.3 ± 0.16b | 4.0 ± 0.15b,c | |
| Staphylococoal count (log10 cfu/g) | |||||
| Control | 2.1 ± 0.02 | 3.8 ± 0.12 | 4.4 ± 0.18 | 4.6 ± 0.10 | 3.7 ± 0.11 |
| Treated | 1.5 ± 0.08 | 2.5 ± 0.02 | 3.2 ± 0.16 | 3.7 ± 0.18 | 2.7 ± 0.26 |
| Days means ± SE | 1.8 ± 0.05a | 3.1 ± 0.07b | 3.8 ± 0.17b | 4.2 ± 0.14bc | |
Number of observations: 4
Mean with common superscripts in a row (alphabets) and in a column (numerical) did not differ significantly, (P < 0.01)