Terbutaline ELISA Kit

Sample

Feed, tissue (meat, liver and kidney), milk, serum, plasma, urine

Intended Use

This ELISA Test Kit is a competitive enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative analysis of Terbutaline and other related β-agonists in feed, tissue (meat, liver and kidney), milk, serum, plasma and urine.

Storage

2-8°C

Detection Range

The kit has the capacity for 96 determinations or testing of 42 samples in duplicate

Detection Limit

feed: 1.0 ppb; meat: 0.025/0.1 ppb; Milk: 0.25 ppb; Urine: 0.25 ppb

General Description

Terbutaline is one of β-agonists illegally used in livestock production. It can improve the meat/fat ratio in fattened animals and accelerate livestock growth. It is also used as a fast-acting bronchodilator (often used as a short-term asthma treatment) and as a tocolytic to delay premature labor. Therefore, excess terbutaline residues in livestock products may lead to health risks for consumers. This has led to a prohibition of terbutaline use in food production by most countries. The amount of terbutaline residues can be determined by methods such as HPLC or GC-MS. However, these traditional methods usually require very expensive preparation procedures. Alternatively, enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) can be used as a screening system, which is simple, rapid, sensitive and cost-effective compared with traditional methods.

Reconstitution And Storage

The shelf life is 12 months when the kit is properly stored.