Abstract
A lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) device was developed and applied to testing urine samples for residues of the antimicrobial sulphamethazine (SMZ). This report describes the preparation of a rat monoclonal antibody to SMZ and its characterisation in an ELISA format. Apart from SMZ, the antibody showed high (50¿cross-reactivity to N4-acetyl-sulphamethazine (55¿ sulphamerazine (59¿and sulphisoxazole (50¿and lower cross-reactivity of 18 o sulphachlorpyridazine and sulphadiazine. The LFIA device consisted of a nitrocellulose membrane spotted with SMZ-ovalbumin and goat anti-mouse antibody as capture line and control line, respectively. Mouse anti-rat IgG F(ab')2 fragment specific antibody, adsorbed to colloidal carbon, was used as the detection ligand in the LFIA. The LFIA device had a cut-off value of 6.3 ng/ml in diluted (1/10) urine. Urine samples from SMZ-treated pigs, and bovine and porcine urine samples fortified with SMZ were used for a blind, four-laboratory evaluation of the performance of the LFIA device. Concentrations of SMZ in the test samples (n=29), as determined by LC-MS/MS, ranged from 0 (
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 117-126 |
Journal | Journal of Immunological Methods |
Volume | 278 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Keywords
- enzyme-immunoassay
- swine urine
- predictors
- tissues