Table 1. Bacteria counts (Log CFU/g) of duck and chicken breast exposed with gaseous ozone during refrigerated storage.
| Total Bacteria | Treatment | Storage (d) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Aerobic | Duck+Ozone | 2.72±0.02bD | 2.96±0.04bC | 3.13±0.04bB | 2.52±0.27cD | 5.79±0.04cA |
| Duck | 2.72±0.02bD | 3.18±0.21bC | 3.44±0.45bC | 4.11±0.06bB | 6.54±0.09aA | |
| Chicken+Ozone | 3.09±0.19aB | 2.14±0.13cD | 2.55±0.07cC | 2.96±0.25cB | 6.24±0.07bA | |
| Chicken | 3.09±0.19aD | 3.40±0.47aD | 5.01±0.11aC | 5.35±0.13aB | 6.60±0.00aA | |
| Anaerobic | Duck+Ozone | 2.89±0.07C | 3.11±0.13bB | 3.00±0.12cB | 3.46±0.18cA | 3.58±0.32cA |
| Duck | 2.89±0.07C | 4.19±0.16aB | 3.80±0.34bB | 3.95±0.17bB | 6.47±0.01aA | |
| Chicken+Ozone | 2.73±0.06B | 2.29±0.13cC | 2.57±0.38dB | 2.18±0.19dC | 6.10±0.10bA | |
| Chicken | 2.73±0.06C | 2.86±0.36bC | 4.67±0.32aB | 4.63±0.24aB | 6.46±0.02aA | |
| Coliform | Duck+Ozone | 1.39±0.12b | 1.54±0.09c | 1.59±0.16c | 1.39±0.12d | Not determined |
| Duck | 1.39±0.12bE | 2.24±0.18aD | 3.00±0.02aC | 3.28±0.04bB | 3.54±0.01A | |
| Chicken+Ozone | 1.93±0.04a | 1.98±0.03b | 1.39±0.12d | 1.74±0.06c | Not determined | |
| Chicken | 1.93±0.04aD | 2.16±0.17abD | 2.79±0.30bC | 3.35±0.04aB | 3.65±0.07A | |
Mean values±standard deviation.
a-dMeans in the same column followed by different superscript letters in lower-case are significantly different (p<0.05).
A-EMeans in the same row followed by different superscript letters in upper-case are significantly different (p<0.05).