Performing the swab test on premises [stop] for detecting antibiotic residues in calves

ABSTRACT

Wide use of antibiotics in veterinary practice evoked the development of rapid techniques for detection of their residues in tissues of food animals. A preliminary experiment for detection of antibiotic residues in spiked samples was done beside a trial to investigate the distribution of antibiotic in different tissues [muscle, heart, kidney, liver and serum] of animals after intravenous injection of antibiotic [6 sheep less than one-year old were used]. Applying the Swab Test On Premises [STOP] and the Life Animals Swab Test [LAST] on kidney and urine of 50 calves slaughtered at Cairo abattoir revealed the presence of antibiotic residues in 10% of examined calves