Table 3 Occurrence of antimicrobial residues in meat and liver samples of broiler chickens
Antimicrobial agent | Meat samples (n = 26) |  | Liver samples (n = 24) |  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive [n (%)] | Median ± SD (μg Kg−1) | Range (μg Kg−1) | Above acceptance [n (%)] | Positive [n (%)] | Median ± SD (μg Kg− 1) | Range (μg Kg− 1) | Above acceptance [n (%)] | |
Oxytetracycline | 8 (31) | 72 ± 52 | 10–140 | 2 (8) | 9 (38) | 86 ± 38 | 30–155 | 4 (17) |
Ciprofloxacin | 5 (19) | 93 ± 42 | 25–130 | 2 (8) | 6 (25) | 90 ± 34 | 50–135 | 3 (13) |
Enrofloxacin | 3 (12) | 75 ± 29 | 55–115 | 1 (4) | 4 (17) | 81 ± 23 | 50–105 | 1 (4) |
Total | 16 (62) | 76 ± 43 | 10–140 | 5 (19) | 19 (79) | 87 ± 33 | 30–155 | 8 (33) |