Screening for the coccidiostats halofuginone and nicarbazin in egg and chicken muscle: development of an ELISA
Titel:
Screening for the coccidiostats halofuginone and nicarbazin in egg and chicken muscle: development of an ELISA
Auteur:
Huet, A. -C. Mortier, L. Daeseleire, E. Fodey, T. Elliott, C. Delahaut, P.
Verschenen in:
Food additives and contaminants. Pt. A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment
Paginering:
Jaargang 22 (2005) nr. 2 pagina's 128-134
Jaar:
2005-02
Inhoud:
Nicarbazin and halofuginone have been widely used as coccidiostats for the prevention and treatment of coccidiosis in poultry. It has been shown that accidental cross-contamination of feed can lead to residues of these compounds in eggs and/or muscle. This paper describes a direct competitive assay for detecting halofuginone and nicarbazin, developed as qualitative screening assay. In an optimized competitive ELISA, antibodies showed 50% binding inhibition at approximately 0.08 ng ml-1 for halofuginone and 2.5 ng ml-1 for dinitrocarbanilide (marker residue for nicarbazin). Extraction from the matrix was carried out with acetonitrile followed by a wash with hexane. The assay's detection capability (CCβ) for halofuginone was <0.5 µg kg-1 in egg and <1 µg kg-1 in muscle. For dinitrocarbanilide, the CCβ was estimated at <3 µg kg-1 in egg and <10 µg kg-1 in chicken muscle.