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Beta-lactam ELISA

Catalogue No: BL3448 (Click Here to Order)

Overview

Key Advantages:

  • Methodologies developed for a range of sample matrices
  • Rapid and simple assay format
  • Plates pre-coated with analyte specific antibody, reducing assay set up time.
  • Exceptional Limits of Detection across the various sample matrices.
  • Detects 13 Beta Lactams at sub MRL levels.
  • Excellent sensitivity to cloxacillin and dicloxacillin

Beta-Lactam Antibiotics are among the most widely used antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial infections in man and animals.

Beta-lactams are also administered to animals in feed for growth promotion and for collective prophylactic treatment.

The monitoring of Beta Lactam residues in edible tissues and milk is important because of the hypersensitivity of some individuals to these antibiotics and also the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.

For this reason, maximum residue limits have been specified for food products and milk to try and control the levels of these antibiotics reaching the consumer.

Assay Limits of Detection

milk 0.38ng/ml
milk powder 0.15ng/ml
urine 2.5ng/ml
serum 1.5ng/ml
tissue 10ng/g

Assay Specificity

Compound %Cross-Reactivity
Nafcillin 144
Ampicillin 100
Amoxicillin 94
Piperacillin 92
Azlocillin 89
Cloxacillin 69
Penicillin G 56
Dicloxacillin 52
Oxacillin 51
Metampicillin 30
Penicillin V 22
Carbenicillin 8
Ticarcillin 6

Can be used in conjunction with Beta Lactam Standard Accessory Kit BL1371