2. Materials and methods
In total, 21 carcasses of wild boars weighting from 18 to 39 kg and of the age of 12 months or less were
examined in this study. Wild boars were killed through legal means of hunting and the carcasses were transported to
the laboratory in less than 24 hours after killing. Sensory and microbiological analyses were performed on samples
from hind leg and shoulder. Three carcasses were examined immediately after their arrival, the rest of meat samples
(n = 18) were stored under three temperature regimes (0°C, 7°C and 15°C) for 21 days. Those samples were
analysed on 7th, 14th and 21st day of storage.
The microbiological analysis included: total viable count (TVC) according to EN ISO 48334
, lactic acid bacteria
(LAB) according to EN ISO 152145 and psychrotrophic microorganisms (PSY) according to EN ISO 174106
.
The sensory analysis was performed by a panel of 6 trained assessors using a 5-point scale according to
Daskiewicz et al7
. Following parameters were included: colour hue, saturation of colour, odour (see Table 1).