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The First Report Of Antimicrobial Residues In Cultured Tilapia Fillets In Three Provinces Of Lao Pdr, Seangphed Phommachanh, Bundit Tengjaroenkul, Peerapol Sukon, Lamyai Neeratanaphan, Kanit Chukanhom Sep 2021

The First Report Of Antimicrobial Residues In Cultured Tilapia Fillets In Three Provinces Of Lao Pdr, Seangphed Phommachanh, Bundit Tengjaroenkul, Peerapol Sukon, Lamyai Neeratanaphan, Kanit Chukanhom

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

The objective of this study was to investigate antimicrobial residues in the fillets of Nile tilapia fish (n=180) from 3 provinces (Vientiane, Savannakhet Province and Champasak Province) in Lao PDR in the summer, rainy and winter seasons. Clean meat test (CMT) was used for screening the antimicrobial residue samples. Then, the antimicrobial residue groups were examined and identified by the european six-plate test (ESPT), and the concentration of each positive antimicrobial residue from the ESPT was further assessed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The evaluation results of the three antimicrobial detection methods were 19.44% (35/180) for the CMT, 22.86% (8/35) …


Culture-Bound Syndrome, Thanya Lunchaprasith, Teeravut Wiwattarangkul, Sorawit Wainipitapong Jul 2021

Culture-Bound Syndrome, Thanya Lunchaprasith, Teeravut Wiwattarangkul, Sorawit Wainipitapong

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Many mental disorders are expressed in different characteristics, as a result of cultural factors. These conditions, known as culture-bound syndrome, have been studied in the field of psychiatry and social anthropology. Some mental abnormalities are treated as distinctive psychiatric disorders; many others were not yet clinically recognized. Therefore, patients with the conditions should be evaluated and treated in both psychiatric and cultural practices. It should be noted that, cultural specific mental disorders gradually fade in the age of globalization.