Table 4. Microorganisms of chicken thigh meat from conventional and animal welfare farm during cold storage

Treatment		Storage(days)					SEM¹
Treatment		1	3	5	7	9	SEM¹
Total aerobic bacteria (log CFU/g)	CTC²	2.64^A^d	2.96^A^d	3.85^A^c	6.12^A^b	7.16^A^a	0.081
	CTW	2.67^A^d	2.92^A^d	3.75^A^c	5.83^B^b	6.70^B^a	0.089
	SEM	0.081	0.069	0.104	0.084	0.084
Coliforms (log CFU/g)	CTC	ND³^A^b	0.55^A^ab	0.84^A^a	1.30^A^a	1.67^A^a	0.204
	CTW	ND^A^b	0.63^A^ab	0.53^A^ab	0.77^A^ab	1.32^A^a	0.227
	SEM	0.000	0.304	0.301	0.248	0.216

Means within the same column with different letters are significantly different (P<0.05).
Means within the same row with different letters are significantly different (P<0.05).
SEM: Standard error of means.
CTC: Chicken thigh meat from conventional farm, CTW: Chicken thigh meat from animal welfare farm.
ND: Not detected.