Table 4.
Total viable and Enterobacteriaceae mean counts (log10 CFU/cm2; mean±sd) of environmental samples.
| Slaughterhouse | TVC | Enterobacteriaceae | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM | NCM | CM | NCM | |
| sA | 3.22±2.8(66)B | 3.33±2.7(66)B | 2.62±2.2(66)B | 2.11±3.01(33)B |
| sB | 5.87±0.96(75)AB | 2.82±3.22(50)B | 3.42± 0.98(75)AB | 1,59±2.4(50)B |
| sC | 4.58±2.98AB | 4.76±1.79AB | 4±1.41AB | 2,48±0.00(66)B |
| sD | 4.5±1.76AB | 4.02±1.82AB | 4±0.56AB | 2,75±2.63(66)B |
| sE | 3.50±3.13(50)AB | 5.12±2.17AB | 5.65(66)AB | 6.23(66)AB |
| sF | 6.31 ±0.86(66)A | 6.12±1.13A | 5.80±0.9(66)A | 6.29±0.71(83)A |
| sG | 4.85AB | 5.66±0.71AB | 3.64±0.79AB | 5.97±0.65B |
TVC, total viable count; CM, surfaces in contact with meat; NCM, surfaces not in contact with meat. Prevalence (%), if different from 100, is reported in brackets.
A,BMeans within columns with different letters are significantly different (P<0.01; P<0.1; P<0.5).