Fabrice De Paul Tatfo Keutchatang
Department of Biochemistry, Laboratory of Food Science and Metabolism, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, PO box 812, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Publications
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Research Article
Practices of Usage of Antibiotics in Chicken Farming and Impact of Some of their Residues in Products Consumed in Yaounde, Cameroon
Author(s): Fabrice De Paul Tatfo Keutchatang*, Alex Dimitri Tchuenchieu Kamgain, Isabelle Sandrine Bouelet Ntsama and Gabriel Medoua Nama2 and Germain Kansci
Background: Veterinary antibiotics are drugs widely used against bacterial infections in animals such as chickens, for infections prevention or treatment. But it was noticed that foodstuffs contaminated with antimicrobial residues may cause diverse side effects to consumers, when their levels are exceeding the standards and this occurs when antibiotics are poorly used. To date, data regarding antimicrobial usage in chicken farming and their levels in chicken products are not almost available. A survey was conducted to a hundred of farmers in twenty seven localities of Yaoundé, the political capital of Cameroon to describe the usage practices of antibiotics. Tissue and egg samples were randomly collected in five markets of the same town to appraise their compliance for tetracyclines and β-lactams with standards (not exceeding maximum residues limits) using .. Read More»