3. Results and discussion
Allowing organic acids to come in contact with the bacterial
cell embedded in chicken skin is very important for improving
their bactericidal efficacy. The proposed approach to address
this problem is combining SDS with organic acids. The goal was
to expose bacteria embedded in feather follicles to lower concentrations
of organic acids by combining them with SDS,
therefore increasing their bactericidal efficacy and keeping the
sensory quality of dressed chicken. S. enterica Kentucky was
used in this study as a surrogate serovar because it is frequently
isolated from chicken and it exhibited inactivation resistance to
washing solutions similar to S. enterica serovars Typhimurium,
Senftenberg and Enteritidis (Li et al., 2007; Lu & Wu, 2010,
2012).