Detection of Antibiotic Residues in Poultry Product and Commercial Dairy Milk

Abstract

Antibiotics are used in poultry and large animal to control infectious diseases and indiscriminate uses of antibiotics deposit in poultry meat and milk of large animal. The study was conducted to determine the antibiotic residue in broiler meat and commercial milk available in market by TLC method. For these purpose 15 samples of broiler (liver, breast and thigh muscle), 5 milk samples were collected from different market of Chittagong city. The result showed that 40% broiler and 20% milk sample containing antibiotic residues. This study revealed that milk get less antibiotics in compare to broiler meat.