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The Journal of Food Technology in Africa
Innovative Institutional Communications
ISSN: 1028-6098
Vol. 6, No. 1, 2001, pp. 5-7
Bioline Code: ft01002
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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The Journal of Food Technology in Africa, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2001, pp. 5-7

 en Sensitivity of the improved Dutch tube diffusion test for detection of antimicrobial residues in Kenyan milk.
Shitandi. A

Abstract

The sensitivity of the improved two-tube test for detection of antimicrobial residues in Kenyan milk was investigated by comparison with the commercial Delvo test SP. Suspect positive milk samples (n =244) from five milk collection centers, were analyzed with the improved two-tube and the commercial Delvo SP test as per manufacturer, weekly over a ten-week period. The 't' test statistic was utilised based on the hypothesis: H: Ud = 0 (U2 U1 = Ud) and Ha: Ud > 0 (one-sided test) to analyse the results. The t calculated was compared to the tabulated t value at p = 0.05 for ten degrees of freedom. The results suggest that the improved two-tube test has some improved effect on the sensitivity for antimicrobials residues in comparison to the commercial Delvo test. Utilizing the improved two-tube test could lead to an improvement in sensitivity for antimicrobial residues.

Keywords
milk, antimicrobial residues, Bacillus stearothermophilus var. calidolactis. Maximum Residual Limits (MRLs), Improved two-tube test. Introduction

 
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