Relationship of Sanitation Parameters with Microbial Diversity and Load in Raw Meat from the Outlets of the Metropolitan City Biratnagar, Nepal

Table 8

The chi-square test of different microbial isolates of mutton against several sanitation parameters.

S. No.	Isolates	Outlets tiled/cemented		Slaughterhouse wash		Apron wash		Chop box wash		Showcase		Water supply area		Drainage		Meat sanitation
		χ^2		χ^2		χ^2		χ^2		χ^2		χ^2		χ^2		χ^2
1	Pseudomonas spp.	3.6	0.058		1^b	0.476	0.490		0.695^b	3.636	0.057	8.286	0.004	0.417	0.519	10.0	0.002
2	E. coli	1.667	0.197		0.638^b		0.729		0.439^b	0.606	0.436	3.342	0.068	0.851	0.356	10.417	0.001
3	Staphylococcus aureus	0.404	0.525		0.613^b	3.252	0.071		1^b	1.473	0.339	2.283	0.131	0.017	0.897	3.636	0.057
4	Staphylococcus epidermidis	1.758	0.185		0.602^b		0.484^a		0.689^a	0.218	0.641	1.710	0.191	0.073	0.787	0.44	0.507
5	Salmonella spp.	1.667	0.197		0.283^b		0.005^a		0.229^b	1.364	0.243	11.526	0.001	13.611	≤0.001	10.417	0.001
6	Vibrio spp.	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Mucor		1^b		1^c		0.298^b		0.563^b		0.013^b		0.009^b		0.373^b		0.047^b
8	Penicillium spp.		0.407^b		0.552^b		0.652^b		1^a		0.427^b		1^b		0.210^b		0.407^b
9	Aspergillus spp.	2.133	0.144		1^b		0.693		0.165^a		0.464^a		0.471^a		0.003^a	2.133	0.144
10	Sporotrichum spp.		1^b		0.355^c		0.297^b		0.172^b		1^b		1^b		1^b		0.106^b
11	Alternaria spp.		1^b		1^c		0.073^b		1^b		0.114^b		1^b		0.283^b		1^b
12	Candida spp.		0.231^b		0.022^c		0.022^b		1^b		0.083^b		0.069^b		1^b		0.231^b
13	Trichosporon spp.		0.605^b		1^c		0.073^b		1^b		0.310^b		0.294^b		1^b		0.106^b

χ² value denotes the Pearson chi-square value with degree of freedom . ^a25%, ^b50%, and ^c75% of cells have expected count less than 5, respectively. ^∗Tested by Fisher’s exact test with the level of significance at .