Chloramphenicol (CAP) is effective against a wide variety of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, including most anaerobic organisms. The most serious adverse effect associated with CAP treatment is bone marrow toxicity, which may occur in two distinct forms: bone marrow suppression, which is a direct toxic effect of the drug and is usually reversible, and aplastic anemia, which is idiosyncratic (rare, unpredictable, and unrelated to dose) and generally fatal. Due to these side effects, CAP is now forbidden to use in animal production in many countries, such as the EU, USA, Japan and China. This Egg Chloramphenicol Rapid Test Kit is a new test tool to detect CAP in eggs, the detection limit meets EU MRL.
** This kit is a qualitative test kit, if you need a quantitative test, you can check Ringbio Chloramphenicol ELISA Kit
Key facts of the egg chloramphenicol rapid test kit
- Ready to use kits for farmers, slaughterhouse staff, etc.
- Incubation required
- Result visible in less than 10min
- High-specific to chloramphenicol
Detection Limit of the egg chloramphenicol rapid test kit
0.8ppb, this detection limit may change, please refer to the kit insert.
Egg chloramphenicol rapid test kit Components
- CAP Test Strip, 40pcs
- Microwell reagent, 40wells
- Plastic Pipette, 40pcs
- Sample buffer, 200ml,1pcs
Materials required but not provided
- Micropipette, 20-200ul
- Beaker or Flask, 200ml
Sample preparation
Egg samples shall be homogenized before testing. Basically, eggs are broken into a disposable cup or beaker and thoroughly stirred with a glass rod. Egg whites and egg yolk should be thoroughly mixed as a test sample, then further dilute with egg diluent (1:1). Take the diluted sample for testing.
Other applications of Ringbio chloramphenicol test kit
Further reading
- PubChem, chloramphenicol page,
- Merck manual, professional version, chloramphenicol page
- EFSA, Scientific Opinion on Chloramphenicol in food and feed
