3 Aminosensor/4 Aminosensor

Rapid tests for Aminoglycosides detection

Principle

3AMINOSENSOR and 4AMINOSENSOR are rapid competitive antibody-based assays in a dipstick format detecting the most relevant Aminoglycosides in milk in one single operation. They detect simultaneously Streptomycin (and Dihydrostreptomycin), Gentamycin, Neomycin and Kanamycin at or below the EU Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs).

3AMINOSENSOR and 4AMINOSENSOR are unique tests allowing a multiple detection and discrimination of the most relevant Aminoglycosides on the same strip.

The convenient dipstick format makes testing easy, accurate and economical. The test can be used in-situ for daily checks or in laboratories for analysis of series of milk samples.

Benefits

1. Multiple — Detection of the main Aminoglycosides
2. Rapid — Results in 6 minutes
3. Sensitive — Low limits of detection (at or below EU MRL)
4. Reliable and robust
5. User-friendly — One step assay, Easily performed on site or in the lab and clear visual interpretation
6. Cost-Effective
7. Ecological – ecological packaging and waste reducing

Good to Know

Aminoglycosides are one of the major classes of antibiotics used in veterinary medicine to treat animal infections. They are especially effective against gram negative bacteria and are frequently used alone and in association with other antibiotics under intramammarry administration to treat mastisis of dairy lactating cows. The detection of residual antibiotics such as Aminoglycosides in milk is of great concern to farmers, milk industry, regulatory agencies and consumers. The consumption of Aminoglycosides can indeed have several adverse effects (allergic reactions, nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity) and may induce the emergence of multi-resistant bacteria that does not respond to commonly used treatments for human illnesses.

Although some microbial inhibition screening tests have a broad spectrum of antibiotics detection in milk, they are usually unable to detect Aminoglycosides at their European Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) concentrations. In contrast, some existing immunoassays such as ELISA are very sensitive but are time-consuming and specific for only one single Aminoglycoside compound due to the very limited structural similarities between the members of this antibiotic family.