Optimization and Application of QuEChERS in Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues
The abuse of veterinary drugs would lead to excessive veterinary drug residues in animal products and environment,posing a threat to public health. The QuEChERS,which is quick,easy,cheap,effective,rugged and safe,is a pretreatment method for samples and usually used to detect pesticide in plant products. At present,the method with continuous optimization has been applied in the detection of veterinary drug residues in animal samples. In the paper,the characteristics of the method were summarized,its optimization and application in the detection of veterinary drug residues in livestock and poultry products or samples were discussed. Animal samples were with complex matrix and higher fat content compared to plant samples,so the method should be optimized by common means including the optimizations of extraction solution,dehydration salt and adsorbent. At present,the QuEChERS has been applied in the extraction of veterinary drug residues in animal muscle,viscera,eggs,milk and related products,as well as urine,feces and other environmental samples. With continuous use of other extraction and update of automatic extraction units,the QuEChERS would be continuously optimized and developed in the future,and its extraction efficiency and purification effect would be further improved to play an important role in detection of veterinary drug residues in animal products.