Detection of ciprofloxacin in muscle, liver and kidney of broiler chicken

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to determine the residues of ciprofloxacin in muscle, liver and kidney of broiler chicken. On the basis of surveillance study, commonly used antibiotic ciprofloxacin was selected for quantifying the concentration in broiler chicken meat samples. The study was conducted from December 2017 to May 2018. The HPLC system was equipped with photodiode array. The results indicated that out of 180 samples analysed, 3 muscle samples of target stations viz. T2, T5 and T8 were found positive for ciprofloxacin residues with concentrations of 0.21, 0.22 and 0.125 µg/kg, respectively. However all concentration values of residues were below MRL as indicated by European Union Codex. Samples collected from other target stations did not show residual concentration of ciprofloxacin in muscle, liver and kidney samples.