Table 2 Chronic dietary exposure estimates for veterinary drug residues (μg/kg)
From: Estimated dietary exposure to veterinary residues in chicken and eggs
Drug residues | 97.5th percentile consumption (μg/kgbody weight per day or kg/day) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liver | Median residue (μg/kg) | High-level exposure | Kidney | Median residue (μg/kg) | High-level exposure | Muscle | Median residue (μg/kg) | High-level exposure | |
Albendazole | 0.956 | 0.112 | 0.106 | 0.821 | 0.103 | 0.085 | 0.307 | 0.029 | 0.009 |
Piperazine | 0.727 | 0.007 | 0.005 | 0.690 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.172 | 0.008 | 0.001 |
Sulphathiazole | 1.621 | 0.092 | 0.148 | 0.304 | 0.028 | 0.009 | 0.909 | 0.009 | 0.008 |
Sulphamethoxazole | 0.894 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.403 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.124 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Levamisole | 0.906 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.730 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.859 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Oxytetracycline | 0.926 | 0.011 | 0.010 | 0.867 | 0.086 | 0.074 | 0.315 | 0.016 | 0.054 |
Chloramphenicol | 0.931 | 0.496 | 0.461 | 0.718 | 0.111 | 0.079 | 0.385 | 0.044 | 0.017 |
Tiamulin | 0.039 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.229 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.025 | 0.000 | 0.000 |