. 2018 Sep 12;9:2099. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02099

Table 2.

Microbial counts in pork products through its production chain in a porcine slaughterhouse.

Culture media	Product surface (CFU/ml)^∗
	H1	H2	H-CS	R1	R2	R-CS	CRZ1	CRZ2	CRZ-CS
TSA	4.86 ± 0.13^b	5.31 ± 0.05^c	6.30 ± 0.09^de	6.34 ± 0.03^def	4.41 ± 0.05^a	6.72 ± 0.04^fg	6.81 ± 0.06^gh	6.41 ± 0.05^ef
KA	7.30 ± 0.00ⁱ	7.30 ± 0.00ⁱ	7.30 ± 0.00ⁱ	6.14 ± 0.34^ef	4.56 ± 0.04^a	6.80 ± 0.04^h	6.24 ± 0.09^efg	5.72 ± 0.17^d	7.30 ± 0.00ⁱ
BPA	3.25 ± 0.07^a	3.64 ± 0.03^b	5.48 ± 0.07ⁱ	4.82 ± 0.21^f	3.62 ± 0.01^b	4.98 ± 0.09^fg	5.34 ± 0.07ⁱ	5.03 ± 0.35^fhg	5.48 ± 0.03ⁱ
PA	0^a	0^a	0^bc	3.30 ± 0.14^d	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
TBX	3.69 ± 0.12^defg	3.60 ± 0.01^defg	3.82 ± 0.01^defg	4.17 ± 0.07^fghij	3.24 ± 0.18^cde	3.97 ± 0.02^efghi	4.58 ± 0.28^hij	4.27 ± 0.05^ghij	2.69 ± 0.30^c
XLD	0^ab	2.78 ± 0.25^bcd	2.45 ± 0.21^bcd	0^a	0^a	2.24 ± 0.34^bcd	0^a	0^a	0^a
MRSA	4.48 ± 0.03^cdefg	3.94 ± 0.03^bc	4.44 ± 0.01^cdefg	4.42 ± 0.06^cdef	3.41 ± 0.07^b	4.78 ± 0.13^defg	4.08 ± 0.15^bcd	3.48 ± 0.02^b	4.30 ± 0.01^cde

Culture media	Product surface (CFU/ml)^∗
	ES1	ES2	ES-CS	MGR1	MGR2	MGR-CS	MNT1	MNT2	CL1	CL2

TSA	6.10 ± 0.05^de	6.00 ± 0.74^d	7.00 ± 0.21^gh	6.17 ± 0.12^de	6.00 ± 0.14^d	7.56 ± 0.09ⁱ	5.04 ± 0.08^bc	4.86 ± 0.03^b	6.31 ± 0.05^de	7.57 ± 0.00ⁱ
KA	6.04 ± 0.01^e	5.78 ± 0.06^d	6.74 ± 0.07^h	6.25 ± 0.10^fg	6.43 ± 0.07^g	7.56 ± 0.04^j	5.11 ± 0.02^c	4.84 ± 0.03^b	6.33 ± 0.10^fg	7.45 ± 0.02^ij
BPA	4.29 ± 0.02^e	3.72 ± 0.18^bc	4.80 ± 0.03^f	5.29 ± 0.02^hi	5.27 ± 0.02^ghi	6.42 ± 0.02^k	3.99 ± 0.01^cd	4.00 ± 0.10^cd	4.18 ± 0.31^de	5.94 ± 0.13^j
PA	0^a	0^a	0^a	3.02 ± 0.25^d	0^ab	0^a	2.39 ± 0.12^cd	0^a	0^a	0^a
TBX	3.94 ± 0.15^defghi	4.70 ± 0.02^ij	3.24 ± 0.41^cde	3.55 ± 0.08^defg	3.19 ± 0.06^cd	3.49 ± 0.26^def	3.83 ± 0.02^defgh	0^b	0^a	4.84 ± 0.06^j
XLD	3.48 ± 0.01^d	0^a	0^a	0^abc	0^abc	3.35 ± 0.49^cd	0^abc	0^a	0^a	3.65 ± 0.07^d
MRSA	4.83 ± 0.15^defg	5.07 ± 0.09^efg	3.96 ± 0.04^bc	5.09 ± 0.03^efg	5.24 ± 0.09^g	4.63 ± 0.02^cdefg	5.12 ± 0.04^fg	4.40 ± 0.14^cdef	0^a	6.18 ± 0.06^h

±SD, standard deviations of three independent experiments. ^∗Each different lower-case letter represents significant differences according to 2-sided Tukey’s HSD between strains (p < 0.05). CL1 and CL2, multiple transport box samples (before organ transport); CRZ1 and CRZ2, heart surface samples; CRZ-CS, heart box sample; ES1 and ES2, stomach surface samples; ES-CS, stomach box sample; H1 and H2, liver surface samples; H-CS, liver box sample; R1 and R2, kidney surface samples; R-CS, kidney box sample; MGR1 and MGR2, lean surface samples; MGR-CS, lean box sample; MNT1 and MNT2, lard samples.