Oxytetracycline depletion and withdrawal time estimation following intraperitoneal administration in three species from Chilean salmon farming

This study was conducted to evaluate the half‐time (T½) and withdrawal time (WT) of oxytetracycline (OTC) following intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of OTC (24.8–34.7 mg/kg) in three farmed salmonid species, Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mikiss) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). A detection technique in fish skin muscle through a high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a diode array detector (DAD) was developed and validated. The depletion studies were carried out in controlled conditions (nine studies) and under field conditions (one study). The T½ and WT estimations from the skin muscle after the i.p. administration of OTC in salmonids appear to be longer than studies where the OTC was orally administrated. Furthermore, the OTC maximum concentration in muscle seems to be also higher in the i.p. treatment. Due to the prolonged WT following the i.p. OTC administration, cautions related to the salmon harvest time should be consider in order to prevent OTC traces in the final product.     

The in vitro efficacy of oxytetracycline against re‐isolated pathogenic Aeromonas hydrophila carrying the cytolytic enterotoxin gene through hybrid catfish,Clarias macrocephalus (Günther, 1864) × Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) in Thailand

Aeromonas hydrophila is a pathogen infecting farmed hybrid catfish, Clarias macrocephalus (Günther, 1864) × Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) which incurs substantial economic losses in Thailand. The study aimed at a genetic tracking of A. hydrophila infection and the in vitro assessment of the efficacy of antibiotics against its virulent strains. Five clinical strains from catfishes and Nile tilapia were employed. They were 3‐passage re‐isolated through healthy hybrid catfish and the cytolytic enterotoxin gene (AHCYTOEN) of individuals was traced. Each of the re‐isolates at a dose of ~6.67 × 10⁵ CFU/g was intraperitoneally injected into ~15 g‐healthy hybrid catfish and their pathogenicity were observed for 7 days. It was found that AHCYTOEN was carried over whereas typical signs of motile aeromonas septicaemia were found in the specimens. The bacterial strains of Nile tilapia origin did not induce mortality but those of catfish origins (80%–100% rate of mortality). The strains were susceptible to the tetracycline antibiotics, and oxytetracycline produced MIC₅₀ and MBC as low as 0.007–0.031 μg/ml and 1–8 μg/ml respectively. As oxytetracycline specifically inhibited pathogenic A. hydrophila in vitro, it is recommended that an appropriate dosage regimen of the drug should be established.     

土霉素对猪粪污染土壤微生物数量和酶活性的影响研究

研究外源土霉素对受不同养殖污染程度的土壤生物学性质的影响,结果表明:添加土霉素可降低土壤微生物数量,降低比例由低至高依次为:猪粪堆放处土壤、长期施用猪粪农田土壤、不施用畜禽粪农田土壤;添加土霉素对土壤脲酶和中性磷酸酶活性的抑制程度为:不施用畜禽粪农田土壤>长期施用猪粪农田土壤>猪粪堆放处土壤,影响大小随受畜禽养殖污染程度增加而减小。长期受养殖污染的土壤具有较高的土霉素抗性微生物水平,可能与养殖污染促进了土壤环境中抗生素抗性物质形成有关。     

土霉素在锯缘青蟹体内的药物代谢和消除规律

采用高效液相色谱法检测土霉素,研究土霉素口灌给药途径下在锯缘青蟹体内的药代动力学。锯缘青蟹口灌给药土霉素50 mg/kg后,其血浆、肌肉和肝胰脏中的药峰浓度分别为16.78±1.98 mg/L、9.39±2.12μg/g和32.12±6.12μg/g,达峰时间分别为4 h、8 h和4 h。血浆中土霉素浓度-时间关系曲线符合一级吸收的二室开放动力学模型。土霉素在锯缘青蟹体内分布广泛,其表观分布容积(Vd)为2.129 L/kg;分布半衰期(t1/2α)和消除半衰期(t1/2β)分别为3.200 h和47.856 h,总体清除率(CLs)为0.063 mL/(kg.h)。肌肉和肝胰脏中土霉素浓度与时间关系的药动学参数采用统计矩原理分析,其消除半衰期(t1/2 z)分别为60.145 h和71.009 h,总体清除率(CLz)分别为0.054 g/(kg.h)和0.037 g/(kg.h)。土霉素在精巢和卵巢中达峰时间分别为8 h和12 h,峰浓度分别为9.83μg/g和10.26μg/g。给药后24 d时,血浆、肌肉、肝胰脏、精巢和卵巢中土霉素含量都已低于0.10μg/g。土霉素在锯缘青蟹体内消除比较缓慢。     

Residues from long-acting antimicrobial preparations in injection sites in cattle

Objective To investigate tissue residues of two longacting oxytetracycline (OTC) preparations in cattle.
Design A randomised drug residue trial.  

Animals

Two hundred and forty beef cattle in 24 groups of ten.
Procedure Two blind-coded 200 mg/mL OTC preparations were used in five treatment regimens of various combinations of injection sites (from one to five) and administrations (one or two). Five cattle from each group were slaughtered at 21, 30 and 60 days after injection and the injection site, urine, kidney and diaphragm muscle analysed for residues.
Results The OTC concentration exceeded the maximum residue limit in kidney in animals slaughtered 21 days after treatment, which is the prescribed withholding period. Concentration at the injection site was much greater than the maximum residue limit 30 days post-treatment, but not 45 days post-treatment. The residue was smaller when OTC had been injected in multiple sites. There was no difference between the two OTC preparations.
Conclusion A review of the maximum injection volume, site of injection and the withholding period is needed for long-acting OTC formulations.     

The Effects of the Method of Calculation on the Evaluation of the Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Oxytetracycline After Intravenous Administration to Calves

Errecalde, J.O., Mestorino, N. and Mariño, E.L., 1997. The effects of the method of calculation on the evaluation of the pharmacokinetic parameters of oxytetracycline after intravenous administration to calves. Veterinary Research Communications, 21 (4), 273-281The aim of this study was to assess the differences in the values of the pharmacokinetic parameters attributable to the use of either linear or nonlinear regression analysis and to find the effect of weighting schemes on these differences. Six calves received 20 mg/kg oxytetracycline i.v. Blood samples were drawn during 72 h. The assay of the drug was performed microbiologically. A bicompartmental pharmacokinetic model was used, kinetic analysis being carried out by linear regression (LR) and by weighted least-squares nonlinear regression (WLSNLR). Statistical analysis included a test for normality, the Kruskall-Wallis test and ANOVA with log transformation.The A0, and B0 did not show any statistically significant differences attributable to the mathematical method used. On the other hand, the statistically significant differences in the values found using the Kruskall-Wallis test and ANOVA with log transformation could be attributed to the different methods employed. ANOVA with log transformation determined statistically significant differences between the parameters obtained by linear analysis and those obtained by WLSNLR when the weighting (w) was 1. When weights were 1/x, 1/x2 or 1/ x, no statistically significant differences were found. The optimal weighting scheme was w = 1/x2 because of a more homogeneous scatter and random distribution of residuals about the abcissa axis in a plot of weighted residuals in the ordinate versus time in the abcissa. It was concluded that the use of these different procedures can give major variations in the apparent value of , the most important pharmacokinetic parameter. The correct selection of the weighting procedure is therefore fundamental in obtaining the best estimate of this pharmacokinetic parameter in WLSNLR.     

Study on Optimizations of Oxytetracycline Residues Detection Method in Milk and its Clinical Elimination

Here an improved HPLC-PAD method was developed and demonstrated suitable for studying the clinical residue elimination of oxytetracycline in milk from postpartum cows with uterine diseases after intrauterine treatment with oxytetracycline.In this study, 0.1 mol/L Na₂EDTA-Mcllvaine buffer solution was used to extract oxytetracycline from milk, n-hexane for degreasing, and a 3 CC Oasis HLB solid-phase extraction column for purification and concentration.A reversed phase chromatographic column Symmetry Shield RP C18 (250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm) with acetonitrile and 0.048% phosphoric acid solution (pH 2.5) as mobile phase by gradient eluting was applied to as the chromatographic separation condition.The results showed that the retention time of oxytetracycline was 6.5 min with a symmetrical and sharp peak, which was well separated from the impurity in the milk sample.Oxytetracycline standard solutions within the concentrations ranging from 5 to 2 000 μg/kg, had a good linearity between peak areas and the concentrations, R²=0.9999.The recoveries of oxytetracycline at three levels of 10, 20, 100 μg/kg were 87.9%, 90.5% and 87.8%, respectively, with the coefficient of variation ranged from 2.2% to 5.8% in intra-day and 4.0% to 5.1% in inter-day.The LOD was 5 μg/kg and the LOQ was 10 μg/kg.All of those parameters suggested that the optimized method was suitable for the study on the clinical residue elimination of oxytetracycline.29 postpartum cows with uterus disease were randomly divided into four different groups in terms of dosage, 2, 3, 4 and 5 g, and treated with oxytetracycline by intrauterine infusion administration, and the residues of oxytetracycline in milk were detected to study its clinical residue elimination.The results showed the oxytetracycline in milk fell to the MRL during 72 h after treatment at 4 g and below dose group.However, in 5 g dose group, residue levels of oxytetracycline in milk were above the MRL at 72 h after treatment.Therefore, 5 g and the higher were not recommended for intrauterine infusion administration.     

Kinetics and isotherms of oxytetracycline adsorption on β‐cyclodextrin/carboxymethylcellulose hydrogel films

Oxytetracycline (OTC), widely used as an antibiotic substance in aquaculture, has an adverse effect on environmental and public health. The aim of this paper was to demonstrate that OTC can be removed by hydrogel films composed of β‐cyclodextrin/carboxymethylcellulose (β‐CD/CMC) with esterification‐crosslink method. Oxytetracycline adsorption experiments were performed with an initial pH of 1–12 and an initial concentration of 10–500 mg/L. The experimental data were fitted with Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms and compared using linear and nonlinear models. The experimental results indicate that OTC's adsorption capacity depends on the active β‐cyclodextrin content. The optimal pH was around 8.     

紫外分光光度法测定长效土霉素注射液含量方法的建立

以0.01 mol/L盐酸溶液为参比液,采用紫外分光光度法在268 nm波长处测定长效土霉素注射液中土霉素的含量.结果表明,土霉素在5 μg/mL～30 μg/mL浓度范围内,其吸光度与浓度呈良好的线性关系,相关系数r=0.999 9,平均回收率为99.34%,变异系数为0.46%(n=6).该方法操作简便、快速、结果准确,适于作为生产企业中间产品的质量控制方法.