Table 3.
Distribution of antibiotic residues (μg/kg) in imported frozen turkey and chicken cuts (n = 50).
| Antibiotics residue | Turkey |
Chicken Muscle |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muscle |
Gizzard |
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| Mean ± SD | Detection frequency (%) | Range | Mean ± SD | Detection frequency (%) | Range | Mean ± SD | Detection frequency (%) | Range | |
| ENR | 30.0 ± 16.3a∗ | 30.8 | 40.0 | 66.0 ± 34.4a | 62.5 | 190 | 36.0 ± 10.3a | 50.0 | 60.0 |
| SDX | 6590 ± 5300a | 23.1 | 9580 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1640 ± 0.00b | 2.00 | 0.00 |
| SMZ | 91.8 ± 69.9a | 69.2 | 180 | 253 ± 152a | 75.0 | 951 | 185 ± 114a | 90.9 | 1172 |
| SMX | 37.0 ± 14.1a | 30.8 | 32.8 | 20.6 ± 10.9a | 37.5 | 32.8 | 20.6 ± 0.00a | 18.2 | 0.00 |
| SUM | 39.2 ± 26.8a | 38.5 | 67.4 | 3.28 ± 0.00a | 12.5 | 0.00 | 17.3 ± 8.43a | 36.4 | 33.7 |
| TYL | 6650 ± 1010a | 46.2 | 20300 | 32.6 ± 0.00a | 12.5 | 0.00 | 426 ± 292a | 27.3 | 932 |
ENR – Enrofloxacin, SDX - Sulfadimethoxine, SMZ – Sulfamerazine, SMX – Sulfamethoxazole, SUM – Sulfamoxole, TYL – Tylosin.
Means across the row with same superscript are not different (p < 0.05).