DETERMINATION OF ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES IN MILK BY MICROBIAL INHIBITORY TESTS

摘要

Undesirable substances enter the organism of animals mostly via feed, water or veterinary medicines and their residues pass subsequently into the products of animal origin. In dairy cows, sheep and goats these residues are eliminated particularly in milk. Milk intended for human consumption must comply with safety criteria also with respect to residues of antibiotics. The aim of this study was to determine the presence or absence of antibiotic residues in the milk using the tests Milchtest and PremiTest. While the Milchtest was developed for the determination of antibiotic residues in cow, sheep and goat milk, the PremiTest is intended for the determination of antibiotic residues in meat juice, liver, kidneys, fish, eggs and in the urine of animalstreated with antibiotics. As examined matrices, we used 45 samples of raw cow's milk collected at 3 agricultural farms and 10 samples of milk offered to consumers at grocery stores. When using the Milchtest, 8 samples tested positive and 10 provided dubious results while testing with the PremiTest showed that only 6 samples were posi-tive for antibiotics. Comparison of the results confirmed a higher detection sensitivity of Milchtest reflected in higher numbers of positive samples and the detection of dubious results in samples of raw cow's milk. However, it should be noted that eventhe PremPTest, although not intended preferably for the determination of antibiotics in milk, can be used, if needed, for the preliminary screening of antibiotic residues in such a matrix.