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Table 2 Results of a desk review exercise to determine the status of antibiotic residues in milk in India

From: A review of animal health and drug use practices in India, and their possible link to antimicrobial resistance

Study authors

Study area

Test analyses procedures (number of samples)

% Positive

Kalla et al. [47]

Selected coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh

Delvo test (n = 300 raw milk)

7 (penicillin); 5 (tetracycline); 6 (oxytetracycline)

Kumarswamy et al. [69]

Thrissur

Microbial Inhibition Assay (n = 165)

8 (antibiotic residues)

Charm Assay (n = 14)

21 (tetracycine)

Charm Assay (n = 14)

28 (Beta lactam

Charm ENRO (n = 14)

21 (Enrofloxacin)

Nirala et al. [70]

Bihar

HPLC (n = 250)

1.2 (Enrofloxacin)

Lunden [48]

Assam

Charm Rosa

88 (Neomycin, Streptocmycin)

22.8 (Sulphonamide)

2.9 (Beta lactams)

2.3 (Chlorampenicol)

2 (Macrolides / Gentamycin)

Lejaniya et al. [71]

Thrisssur

Antibiotic test kits (n = 50)

12 (Beta lactam)

2 (Tetracyclines)

Gaurav et al. [72]

Punjab

Ridascreen competitive enzyme immunoassay (n = 133)

13.5 (Tetracycline)

Dinki and Balcha [67]

Guwahati city

n = 120

23.3 (type not specified)