Liquid chromatographic determination of carbadox in complete feeds, premixes, and concentrates: interlaboratory study. 1988

R M Aerts, and G A Werdmuller
State Institute for Quality Control of Agricultural Products, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

A liquid chromatographic (LC) method previously published for the determination of carbadox in finished feeds and premixes was slightly modified and tested in an interlaboratory study. The feed samples are extracted with methanol-acetonitrile (50 + 50) after wetting with water. The extracts are purified over a short alumina column. An aliquot of the eluate is analyzed with reverse phase liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. Before the actual interlaboratory study, a prestudy with 2 familiarization feed samples was performed. For the interlaboratory study, 2 series of meal and pelleted samples were prepared with carbadox from different suppliers. Eight collaborating laboratories received 6 feed samples previously milled and ground and 4 pelleted samples which had to be ground by the collaborator's in-house method. Collaborators also received 3 carbadox concentrates (about 10% w/w) and 4 premix samples derived from the concentrates (about 1% w/w). Coefficients of variation under reproducibility conditions were 8.3% for meal samples and 4.9% for pellets. A minor but significant effect was noted for the influence of pelleting temperature on the carbadox content. A minor and insignificant effect was observed for the influence of the milling and grinding procedure on the carbadox content. Alumina cleanup of 1% premixes was not essential, although the resulting chromatograms were cleaner. A slight difference in reproducibility was observed with concentrates (10%) when 0.2 or 0.5 g sample size was used, although the average carbadox concentration found was the same. For premixes and concentrates, coefficients of variation under reproducibility conditions were low, ranging from 2.9 to 7.5%.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007202 Indicators and Reagents Substances used for the detection, identification, analysis, etc. of chemical, biological, or pathologic processes or conditions. Indicators are substances that change in physical appearance, e.g., color, at or approaching the endpoint of a chemical titration, e.g., on the passage between acidity and alkalinity. Reagents are substances used for the detection or determination of another substance by chemical or microscopical means, especially analysis. Types of reagents are precipitants, solvents, oxidizers, reducers, fluxes, and colorimetric reagents. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed, p301, p499) Indicator,Reagent,Reagents,Indicators,Reagents and Indicators
D011810 Quinoxalines Quinoxaline
D002218 Carbadox An antibacterial agent that has been used in veterinary practice for treating swine dysentery and enteritis and for promoting growth. However, its use has been prohibited in the UK following reports of carcinogenicity and mutagenicity. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p125) Fortrigo,Getroxel,Mecadox
D002853 Chromatography, Liquid Chromatographic techniques in which the mobile phase is a liquid. Liquid Chromatography
D000821 Animal Feed Foodstuff used especially for domestic and laboratory animals, or livestock. Fodder,Animal Feeds,Feed, Animal,Feeds, Animal,Fodders
D012997 Solvents Liquids that dissolve other substances (solutes), generally solids, without any change in chemical composition, as, water containing sugar. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) Solvent

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