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Prevalence of antimicrobial residues in pork meat in Madagascar

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Residual antimicrobials in food constitute a risk to human health, but poor knowledge is available about the significance of contaminated meat in developing countries. The purpose of the study was to determine the occurrence of antimicrobial drug residues in pork products in Madagascar. The occurrence of antimicrobial drug residues in pork meat were investigated by the Premi® test (DSM©) technique. There was a high incidence rate of drug residues, with 360 (37.2 %) meat samples being contaminated. A significant increase was observed between 2010 and 2011, with 32 and 39%, respectively. Pork meat samples are less contaminated by drug residues when animals are slaughtered in urban abattoirs (34.4%) vs in provincial abattoirs (42.2%), suggesting that animals under treatment (or sick) are sold preferentially in local abattoir. Drug residue levels in pork meats purchased in Madagascar appear to be serious public health problem at the moment.

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Authors thank gratefully the French Embassy in Madagascar, the Regional Council of La Reunion (French overseas territory), the European Regional development Funds (ERDF), and the French Government for their financial support through the QualiREG research network in Indian Ocean (www.qualireg.org).

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  1. Department of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Livestock Production, Antananarivo, Madagascar

    Michel Rakotoharinome

  2. UMR112 Systèmes d’élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Station Ligne Paradis, 7 chemin de l’IRAT, 97410, Saint Pierre, Réunion, France

    Damien Pognon & Vincent Porphyre

  3. National Laboratory of Veterinary Diagnostic, Ministry of Livestock Production, Antananarivo, Madagascar

    Tantely Randriamparany

  4. Cyclotron Réunion Océan Indien (CYROI), Sainte Clotilde, Réunion, France

    Jimmy Chane Ming & Jean-Patrick Idoumbin

  5. UMR15 Contrôle des maladies animales exotiques et émergentes, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), Sainte Clotilde, Réunion, France

    Eric Cardinale

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Rakotoharinome, M., Pognon, D., Randriamparany, T. et al. Prevalence of antimicrobial residues in pork meat in Madagascar. Trop Anim Health Prod 46, 49–55 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-013-0445-9

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