Development of Indirect Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent and Immunochromatographic Strip Assays for Tiamulin Detection in Chicken

[Image: see text] Tiamulin (TML) is a diterpenoid antibiotic used in animals. In this study, a gold nanoparticle immunochromatographic strip assay and an indirect competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ic-ELISA) were developed to detect the residue of TML in chicken. TML aminobutyric was synthesized and conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin by mixed anhydride method as immunogen, whereas TML was connected to ovalbumin with 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole as coating antigen. Under optimized conditions, the ultrasensitive monoclonal antibody-based ic-ELISA exhibited a half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC(50)) value of 0.36 ng/mL with a working range of 0.14–0.9 ng/mL for TML. A rapid and sensitive immunochromatographic strip assay was developed with a TML cutoff value of 2.5 ng/mL. On the basis of these results, both developed methods are useful for TML detection in chicken.