Oxytetracycline residues in bovine carcasses slaughtered at Mansoura Abattoir, Egypt.

Alaa Eldin M A Morshdy, Adel I El-Atabany, Mohamed A M Hussein, Wageh Sobhy Darwish

Food Control Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Sharkia governorate, Egypt, Postal code 44511.

The Japanese journal of veterinary research 2013 Feb

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Oxytetracycline residues were examined in 600 samples (200 each of muscles, livers and kidneys) collected randomly from bovine carcasses slaughtered at Mansoura abattoir in Dakahlia Province, Egypt. A microbial inhibition test using Bacillus subtilis ATCC- 6633 was employed to screen the obtained samples for antibiotic residues in meat. The results showed that 2% of samples were positive. Oxytetracycline residues exceeded the maximum residue limits (MRLs) in 1.33% of the examined samples. Thus, regulatory authorities should insure proper withdrawal period before slaughtering of the animals (28 days for oxytetracycline). Public health importance was discussed.

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Alaa Eldin M A Morshdy, Adel I El-Atabany, Mohamed A M Hussein, Wageh Sobhy Darwish. Oxytetracycline residues in bovine carcasses slaughtered at Mansoura Abattoir, Egypt. The Japanese journal of veterinary research. 2013 Feb;61 Suppl:S44-7