TY - JOUR T1 - Occurrence of Zeranol in Ground Beef Produced in Kars, Turkey AU - , Asim Kart AU - , Mehmet Elmali AU - , Kursat Yapar AU - , Hilmi Yaman JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 7 IS - 5 SP - 630 EP - 632 PY - 2008 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2008.630.632 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2008.630.632 KW - Zeranol KW -beef KW -ELISA KW -harmonal and mineral metabolism AB - Anabolic agents are used to increase live body weight in food animals. Zeranol is such an agent applied to cattle as subcutaneous implants in some countries. There is the potential risks that zeranol could affect hormonal and mineral metabolisms and have carcinogenic and teratogenic effects. Due to potential risks on animal and public health, use of zeranol as an anabolic agent was banned in Europian Union and in Turkey. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the presence of zeranol in ground beef samples marketed in Kars city which is one of the important ports in food animal production in Turkey. Seventy ground beef samples were collected from the retail shops to monitor occurrence of zeranol. The quantitative analysis of zeranol in beef samples were carried out by Competitive Enzyme Immune Assay (ELISA) test procedure as described by R-Biofarm GmBH, Germany ((Ridascreen® Zeranol, Tissue Samples, muscle, liver, kidney etc. Art. No: R3301). Of the 70 ground beef samples analyzed, 66 samples (94.28%) had level of zeranol under the detection limit (62 ppt), while 4 samples out of 70 (5.72%) contained zeranol ranging from 100-110 ppt. ER -