Table 3.
Counts of thermotolerant Campylobacter (with standard deviations) on chicken's carcasses sampled after evisceration and after chilling in two Chilean poultry slaughterhouses.
| Median (log cfu/carcass) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant | n | After evisceration | n | After chilling |
| A | 68 | 5.2 ± 1.1a | 62 | 3.3 ± 0.9b |
| B | 68 | 6.1 ± 1.2a | 61 | 4.5 ± 0.9b |
Within each row, letters indicates statistically significantly different (P < 0,05 Kruskal-Wallis test)