2.5. Statistical analyses
All experiments were conducted as three independent trials. Differences
in fat extraction between chicken skin and meat, between the
buffering capacity values calculated for the chicken components and
between Salmonella plate counts in the attachment and acid treatment
assays were determined using one-way ANOVAs. A post-hoc Tukey's
test was used for pairwise comparison to determine the significant
difference between samples at p b 0.05. A Pearson correlation test was
conducted to determine if there was a correlation between buffering
capacity and the viable count of Salmonella after treatment with acetic
acid at p b 0.05. All tests were conducted using SPSS software version
16.0 (PASWStatistics 20; SPSS Inc).