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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART B-PESTICIDES FOOD CONTAMINANTS AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES
Volume 56, Issue 4, Pages 307-312Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2021.1880223
Keywords
Mass spectrometry; monensin; amprolium; virginiamycin; feedingstuffs; antibiotics; coccidiostats
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Sugarcane yeast and brewer's yeast are commonly used in animal feed in Brazil, but the risk of antibiotic residues in these yeasts could lead to non-compliant feed products and potential toxicity to animals.
Sugarcane yeast and brewer's yeast from ethanol production are widely used as ingredients of animal feed formulations in Brazil. To avoid the contamination of the must in ethanol production refineries, the use of antibiotics is one of the main preventive treatments. Thus, there is a risk of antibiotic residues carry over from yeast to animal feed. This unintentional addition of antibiotics can produce non-compliant feed products, due to regulatory aspects and their toxicity for animals. The results of an exploratory program to assess the occurrence of over 60 antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals in 27 sugarcane yeast and brewer's yeast samples were described. Monensin was present in seven samples with concentrations ranging from 0.47 to 263.5 mg kg(-1). Other antibiotics quantitated were virginiamycin (2.25 mg kg(-1)) and amprolium (0.25 mg kg(-1)). Monensin in sugarcane yeast may represent a risk for further feeds production, especially for those products intended for sensible species such as equines and rabbits, for which monensin has toxic effects.
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