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The Quantitative Analysis Of Oxytetracycline In Black Tiger Shrimps (Penaeus Monodon) Muscle Tissue And Hepatopancreas, After Oral Medication, Mathu Bumrungkunakorn, Pojjanaporn Krichtitayawuth, Pallapa Wongsetthachai, Sirintorn Yibchok-Anun, Janenuj Wongtavatchai
The Quantitative Analysis Of Oxytetracycline In Black Tiger Shrimps (Penaeus Monodon) Muscle Tissue And Hepatopancreas, After Oral Medication, Mathu Bumrungkunakorn, Pojjanaporn Krichtitayawuth, Pallapa Wongsetthachai, Sirintorn Yibchok-Anun, Janenuj Wongtavatchai
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
270, 3-month old, Black Tiger Shrimps (Penaeus monodon) (average 24.55 grams b.w.) were fed for 5 days with oxytetracycline (OTC) medicated feed (coated with squid oil) at 2000 milligrams of OTC per kilogram of feed (2000 ppm). OTC in the hepatopancreas and muscle was measured using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) (96 percentage recovery). Samples were taken 0.5, 1, 4, 12 and 24 hours after first administration and 1, 5, 7, 10,14, 21 days after the 5-day treatment. The OTC concentration in samples from fifty negative control shrimps was undetectable by this method. The maximum concentration of OTC (Cmax) detected …