Table 1.

Microbial enumeration obtained for chicken samples of 10 g analyzed for total viable count, Enterobacteriaceae, coliforms, E. coli, yeasts, and molds expressed in Colony Forming Units (CFU)/g.

Samples	Total Viable Count	Enterobacteriaceae	Coliforms	E. coli	Yeasts	Molds
1 CC	9.9 × 107	3.8 × 103	2.0 × 103	1.7 × 103	2.3 × 104	<50 *
2 CC	5.1 × 105	1.1 × 103	9.8 × 101	2.0 × 102	1.9 × 103	<50 *
3 CC	1.9 × 105	9.4 × 102	1.3 × 101	7.4 × 102	7.8 × 102	<50 *
4 CC	4.8 × 106	1.2 × 104	3.0 × 103	5.3 × 103	9.4 × 104	<50 *
5 CC	9.5 × 106	2.1 × 104	7.0 × 103	1.3 × 103	6.3 × 105	<50 *
6 CS	7.3 × 105	1.7 × 103	2.3 × 103	7.6 × 102	6.6 × 104	<50 *
7 CC	9.6 × 105	9.2 × 103	6.4 × 103	4.7 × 102	3.3 × 104	<50 *
8 CC	9.8 × 104	5.2 × 103	5.2 × 103	3.2 × 102	1.5 × 103	<50 *
9 CC	1.8 × 105	2.7 × 103	1.4 × 103	3.5 × 102	2.2 × 103	<50 *
10 CC	1.3 × 104	1.5 × 103	7.7 × 102	8.3 × 101	1.7 × 102	<50 *
11 CC	2.1 × 106	2.1 × 102	4.2 × 101	2.0 × 101	6.1 × 103	<50 *
12 CC	7.0 × 105	2.6 × 103	<50 *	8.0 × 102	2.0 × 104	<50 *
13 CC	1.2 × 107	9.6 × 103	9.5 × 101	2.7 × 102	3.5 × 104	<50 *
14 CC	1.7 × 107	2.4 × 103	3.0 × 102	0.6 × 103	5.3 × 104	<50 *
15 CC	3.7 × 107	6.9 × 103	6.5 × 101	2.2 × 103	4.5 × 104	<50 *
16 CC	1.1 × 107	1.6 × 104	5.6 × 102	2.6 × 102	2.4 × 105	<50 *
17 CC	<50 *	3.3 × 102	<50 *	3.1 × 102	<50 *	<50 *
18 CC	3.3 × 109	2.1 × 104	3.2 × 104	6.0 × 102	4.9 × 105	<50 *
19 CC	3.8 × 109	5.4 × 103	1.3 × 104	<50 *	3.9 × 105	<50 *
20 CC	5.1 × 109	2.4 × 104	2.4 × 104	1.5 × 102	5.4 × 105	<50 *

* Limit of detection of the method.