In PUA carcasses,
the fastest growing indicator was the pseudomonads (see Table 2).
However, the shortest shelf life of 7 days was determined by the
psychrotrophic bacteria because they showed the highest initial
loads (Table 4). These values of 6e7 days of chilled aerobic storage
are in agreement with the shelf life reported by Rodríguez-Calleja
et al. (2005). Later, these authors reported that the best atmosphere
for extending shelf life up to 5 weeks was 100% CO2
(Rodríguez-Calleja et al. 2010).
The shelf life of rabbit meat under MAP is shown in Table 5. The
calculated shelf life of MAP carcasses was 12 days, limited by the
growth of psychrotrophic bacteria. Lactic acid bacteria were the
fastest growing indicator (see Table 1) but its lowest initial count
determined longer shelf life duration of 18 days (Table 5).