Screening of antibiotic residues in pork meat in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Using a microbiological test kit and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry

Food Control

Volumn 69, Issue , 2016, Pages 262-266

  Ngoc Do, Mai Hoang ^a   Yamaguchi, Takahiro ^b,c   Okihashi, Masahiro ^b,c   Harada, Kazuo ^c   Konishi, Yoshimasa ^b   Uchida, Kotaro ^b,c   Bui, Long Thi ^a   Nguyen, Thinh Duc ^a   Phan, Ha Bich ^a   Bui, Huong Dang Thien ^a   Nguyen, Phuc Do ^a   Kajimura, Keiji ^b   Kumeda, Yuko ^b   Dang, Chinh Van ^a   Hirata, Kazumasa ^c   Yamamoto, Yoshimasa ^b,c  

^a Ho Chi Minh City   (Viet Nam)

^b OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; On site screening; Residual antibiotics; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968655418     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.05.004     Document Type: Article

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