Survey of contamination of melamine in commercial dry dog and cat foods in Thailand | การสำรวจการปนเปื้อนสารเมลามีนในอาหารสัตว์สำเร็จรูปชนิดเม็ดสุนัขและแมวในประเทศไทย
2009
Prapeuk Tangmunkhong(Kasetsart University. Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom (Thailand). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Department of Veterinary Public Health and Diagnostic Services) E-mail:[email protected] | Amornthrp Archawaulathep(Kasetsart University. Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom (Thailand). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Department of Veterinary Public Health and Diagnostic Services) | Prakorn Jala(Kasetsart University. Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom (Thailand). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Animal Diagnostic Unit) | Sudtisa Laopiem(Kasetsart University. Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom (Thailand). Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Animal Diagnostic Unit)
To determine the concentration of melamine in commercial pellet pet feeds for dog and cat. Seventy-one commercial pellet pet feeds for dog and cat were classified into 3 groups, 28 samples of group 1 (expensive imported pet foods), 23 samples of group 2 (medium price and imported or domestic pet foods) and 20 samples of group 3 (low price and domestic sub-packing sale pet foods). All samples were analyzed for melamine contamination by ELISA. The levels of melamine contamination in all samples were 2.5-5.0 and 5.0-7.5 ppm which found at 42.25 percent (30/71 samples) and 35.21 percent (25/71 samples), respectively. The high level of melamine contamination at 7.5-10.0 ppm was at 11.27 percent (8/71 samples) and the highest level was found in group 1.
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