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Dietary Exposure Assessment of Veterinary Antibiotics in Pork Meat on Children and Adolescents in Cyprus

In recent years, huge amounts of antibiotics have been administered to farm animals, and as a result, residues of these antibiotics can accumulate in livestock products and, once consumed, may be transmitted to humans. Farm animals’ antibiotic treatment may therefore present a risk for consumers hea...

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Autores principales: Kyriakides, Demetra, Lazaris, Andreas C., Arsenoglou, Konstantinos, Emmanouil, Maria, Kyriakides, Olympia, Kavantzas, Nikolaos, Panderi, Irene
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33081220
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9101479
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author Kyriakides, Demetra
Lazaris, Andreas C.
Arsenoglou, Konstantinos
Emmanouil, Maria
Kyriakides, Olympia
Kavantzas, Nikolaos
Panderi, Irene
author_facet Kyriakides, Demetra
Lazaris, Andreas C.
Arsenoglou, Konstantinos
Emmanouil, Maria
Kyriakides, Olympia
Kavantzas, Nikolaos
Panderi, Irene
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description In recent years, huge amounts of antibiotics have been administered to farm animals, and as a result, residues of these antibiotics can accumulate in livestock products and, once consumed, may be transmitted to humans. Farm animals’ antibiotic treatment may therefore present a risk for consumers health, especially for children and adolescents. In children, the immune system is not fully developed, and thus, they are more susceptible than adults to resistant bacteria. A dietary exposure assessment was conducted on veterinary antibiotics found in raw pork meat among children and adolescents in Cyprus, since pork is the most consumed red meat in Cypriot population. The study was based on the results of the occurrence of 45 residual antibiotics in raw pork meat samples in Cyprus between 2012 and 2017 in combination with data on the consumption of pork meat on children and adolescents taken from the latest demographic report in Cyprus. Estimated daily intake (EDI) values of veterinary antibiotics for children aged 6–9 years old, were higher compared to EDI values for adolescents aged 10–17 years old. The percentage ratio of the estimated daily intake to the acceptable daily intake for all the veterinary antibiotic residues was less than 5.6. The results indicate that antibiotic residues in pork meat of inland production are below the acceptable daily intake and are of low risk to human health related to the exposure of antibiotics. Nevertheless, continuous exposure to low levels of antibiotic residues in respect to age vulnerability should be of a great concern.
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spelling pubmed-76028262020-11-01 Dietary Exposure Assessment of Veterinary Antibiotics in Pork Meat on Children and Adolescents in Cyprus Kyriakides, Demetra Lazaris, Andreas C. Arsenoglou, Konstantinos Emmanouil, Maria Kyriakides, Olympia Kavantzas, Nikolaos Panderi, Irene Foods Article In recent years, huge amounts of antibiotics have been administered to farm animals, and as a result, residues of these antibiotics can accumulate in livestock products and, once consumed, may be transmitted to humans. Farm animals’ antibiotic treatment may therefore present a risk for consumers health, especially for children and adolescents. In children, the immune system is not fully developed, and thus, they are more susceptible than adults to resistant bacteria. A dietary exposure assessment was conducted on veterinary antibiotics found in raw pork meat among children and adolescents in Cyprus, since pork is the most consumed red meat in Cypriot population. The study was based on the results of the occurrence of 45 residual antibiotics in raw pork meat samples in Cyprus between 2012 and 2017 in combination with data on the consumption of pork meat on children and adolescents taken from the latest demographic report in Cyprus. Estimated daily intake (EDI) values of veterinary antibiotics for children aged 6–9 years old, were higher compared to EDI values for adolescents aged 10–17 years old. The percentage ratio of the estimated daily intake to the acceptable daily intake for all the veterinary antibiotic residues was less than 5.6. The results indicate that antibiotic residues in pork meat of inland production are below the acceptable daily intake and are of low risk to human health related to the exposure of antibiotics. Nevertheless, continuous exposure to low levels of antibiotic residues in respect to age vulnerability should be of a great concern. MDPI 2020-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7602826/ /pubmed/33081220 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9101479 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Emmanouil, Maria
Kyriakides, Olympia
Kavantzas, Nikolaos
Panderi, Irene
Dietary Exposure Assessment of Veterinary Antibiotics in Pork Meat on Children and Adolescents in Cyprus
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title_fullStr Dietary Exposure Assessment of Veterinary Antibiotics in Pork Meat on Children and Adolescents in Cyprus
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title_short Dietary Exposure Assessment of Veterinary Antibiotics in Pork Meat on Children and Adolescents in Cyprus
title_sort dietary exposure assessment of veterinary antibiotics in pork meat on children and adolescents in cyprus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33081220
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9101479
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