Determination of Antibiotic Residue in raw pork and chicken in markets in Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom and Nakorn Ratchasima provinces

Abstract

The problem of drug-resistant bacteria in Thailand is caused by irrational  antibiotic use which occurred in both healthcare and community settings. Drug-resistant bacteria adapt itself to resist to drugs by various methods to eliminate or reduce the effectiveness of antibiotics. As well as in commercial farming where farmers use antibiotics for reasons such as preventing, treating disease and to accelerating growth which could consequence in drug reside in those livestock. Consumption of meat with drug residue could lead to drug resistance problem in human. This study detect a total of 168 samples which were 81 samples of raw pork and  87 samples of raw chicken sold in fresh market in Bangkok area Nakhon Pathom Province and Nakhon Ratchasima. In this study convenience sampling methods was used. The samples were tested by Antibiotic Residue Detection Kit of the Department of Medical Sciences. Its accuracy is 93%, 78.9% sensitivity, 96.7 percent specificity, and can detect drug residues of at least 12 species. It had been found antibiotic residues in 3 (3.7%) pork samples from a total of 81 samples.  Antibiotic residue found were Tetracycline and Macrolide, Aminoglycoside, Sulfonamide. and Penicillin None antibiotic residue of Tetracycline and Macrolide, Aminoglycoside and Sulfonamide and Penicillin were found in raw chicken samples.