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Table 1 Occurrence of thermotolerant Campylobacter on chicken's broiler carcasses evaluated in 4 processing's stages in two Chilean slaughterhouses.

From: Occurrence and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. during the processing of Chilean broilers

Plant

Reception

After defeathering

After evisceration

After chilling

Total

A

35/44 (80)

46/62 (74)a

61/68 (90)b

46/62 (68)c

188/236 (80)

B

22/48 (46)a

15/62 (24)b

37/68 (54)c

23/61 (38)

97/239 (41)

  1. n° of sample positive/n° examined (%).
  2. Within each row, letters indicates statistically significantly different (P < 0.05, Test of proportion)