Assessment of milk biosafety for the content of antiparasitic drugs used for human consumption in different countries: Review

Abstract

Milk is a staple food consumed all over the world which has significant impact both economically and nutritionally. Even if the milk is nutritious and healthful, it can also contain antiparasitic drugs residues that dangerous to human health. Inappropriate using antiparasitic drugs for producing animals may cause serious disorder in humans. This review was aimed to find out and analyze how much the dosage of injections and the excretion period of antiparasitic drugs from animal milks have been studied for safe human consumption. Totally, 15 papers about antiparasitic drugs usage for different animals were analyzed. The results showed that the most studied animal to date is the cow for ivermectin, albendazole and abamectin residues. More research works are required to be done for animals as goats, sheep, and especially camels to know after how many periods of time antiparasitic drugs will be excreted. As camel milk gains popularity due to it is possessing therapeutic and immunostimulant properties, more experimental results are needed into veterinary drugs safety measures. One of the mainly used method to conduct experiment is high-performance liquid chromatography because of superior resolving power when separate mixtures.