• Tharanya Selvaraj
• Ghadhevaru Sarathchandra

Extensive use of antibiotics in chickens causes a serious public health issue because of reasonable alarm regarding harmful concentrations of residues to be present in the edible animal products (meat, milk and eggs). Currently, the trend is increasing towards consumption of desi chicken eggs because of awareness about the presence of antibiotic residues in commercial eggs. However, there is a possibility that some small-scale poultry farmers who are rearing desi chicken for the commercial purpose may also use antibiotics. Therefore, this study was carried out to determine the antimicrobial drug residues in desi chicken eggs obtained from Tamil Nadu. Microbial tube test method was performed using the bacterial strain Bacillus subtilis and Sixty desi eggs were collected randomly and examined for antimicrobial drug residues. The results of this study revealed that no egg samples were positive for antimicrobial residues related to any class of antibiotics.

Antibiotic residues, Desi chicken eggs, Microbial screening, Public health

"NOVEL RAPID SCREENING TECHNIQUE FOR ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES IN DESI-CHICKEN EGGS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.608-611, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRC006107.pdf

"NOVEL RAPID SCREENING TECHNIQUE FOR ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES IN DESI-CHICKEN EGGS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp608-611, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRC006107.pdf