Published in Scientific Works. Series C. Veterinary Medicine, Vol. LXI
Written by Lucian-Ionel ILIE, Ovidiu SAVU, Manuella MILITARU
The correlation between food and the population health, they have led to an increasing demand for the chicken and chicken products, as a possible successfully alternative to the dissatisfactions offered by other food categories. In this study, the samples were collected from chicken, which were administered various veterinary products based on antibiotics, as a treatment of different diseases. The chickens they were slaughtered after the waiting period mentioned by the manufacturer in the leaflet. The samples were represented by muscles, liver, kidney and gastrointestinal mass and they were analyzed for levels of oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline and tetracycline. After the results integration, the samples analysis has not revealed the presence of these compounds. The study confirmed the need to use the antibiotics only for therapeutic purposes and to having the obligation to complying the time waiting to remove the active substance from the chicken body.
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