Determination of antibiotic residues in frozen poultry by a solid-phase dispersion method using liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry
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Importation of poultry produce into Nigeria through its land borders has heightened, notwithstanding the
government’s ban on such products. This study examined imported frozen poultry products for antibiotic residues
considering their health implications. A solid-phase extraction method using liquid chromatographytandem
mass spectrometry in the positive and negative electrospray ionisation and the multiple reaction
monitoring modes were employed. The antibiotics were extracted with acetonitrile-dichloromethane.
Chromatographic separation was on Waters Acquity UPLC® BEH C18 column with acetonitrile, and water
gradient and the antibiotics analysed using Electrospray positive ionisation polarity switch in a single run of
fourteen minutes. Residues of nineteen (19) antibiotics were found in the three different matrices at different
levels with varying detection frequencies ranging between 2 and 4% (sulfamoxole, penicillin-G, albendazole and
phebendazole) and 14–54% for all the other antibiotics. The highest number of violative samples was found in
the turkey gizzard and chicken muscle. Sulfixosazole had the highest percentage violation of 80.00% in turkey
gizzard while sulfamethoxazole, notwithstanding its lower frequency in chicken muscle had highest maximum
concentration and 100% violation. The presence of these drugs, however, does not pose any immediate health
risk.
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QD Chemistry