Regional survey of chloramphenicol, nitrofuran, malachite green and leuco-malachite green in fish and fish products: Myanmar

Abstract

The study was conducted to ensure that the aquaculture products of Myanmar are free from drug residues such as chloramphenicol and nitrofuran. The following are the fish species that were analysed in the study, giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii), black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon), Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), river catfish (Sperata seenghala), rohu (Labeo rohita), pink shrimp (Metapenaeus affinis), and Indian white shrimp (Penaeus indicus).