Chinese Journal of Chromatography ›› 2016, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (2): 176-183.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1123.2015.09021

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Determination of 23 antibiotics and 3 β-agonists in livestock drinking water by ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry coupled with solid-phase extraction

SHI Ao   

  1. Beijing Monitoring Station for Animal Husbandry Environment, Beijing 102200, China
  • Received:2015-09-18 Online:2016-02-08 Published:2012-09-11
  • Supported by:

    Beijing Municipal Agricultural Commission Fund (Grant No. PXM2014 036240 000012).

Abstract:

A method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of 23 antibiotics (four categories) and 3 β-agonists in livestock drinking water using solid-phase extraction and ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI MS/MS). The samples were adjusted pH to 5.0, added Na2EDTA, enriched and cleaned-up by an HLB solid-phase extraction cartridge. The target compounds were confirmed and quantified by UPLC-ESI MS/MS with external standard method for the antibiotics and internal standard method for the β-agonists. The recoveries were assessed by using lab tap water as matrix. The average recoveries of the 23 antibiotics and the 3 β-agonists were in the range of 50.7%-104.6% and the relative standard deviations (RSDs) were 2.6%-8.8%(n=3). Under the optimal conditions, the calibration curves of the 23 antibiotics and the 3 β-agonists showed good linearity with the correlation coefficients better than 0.994. The limits of detection (LODs, S/N≥3) ranged from 0.01-0.20 ng/L. The developed method was applied to analyze the livestock drinking waters in 36 Beijing intensive livestock farms. The results showed that some antibiotics were detected.

Key words: β-agonists, antibiotics, livestock drinking water, solid-phase extraction, ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS)

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