The tissue residues of sodium dehydroacetate used as feed preservative in swine.

BACKGROUND: Sodium dehydroacetate (Na-DHA) is a food and feed additive with antimicrobial effects. There is little information on Na-DHA residue levels in foods derived from animals. In this study, Na-DHA residue levels in swine tissues were determined by HLPC, and the pharmacokinetics of Na-DHA in tissues were determined.

RESULTS: The Na-DHA residue levels in swine tissues were <1.2 mg kg-1 at different withdrawal time after thirty-two Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire pigs were administered 200 mg Na-DHA kg-1 through the feed for 30 days. In decreasing order of Na-DHA residue levels, the tissues were kidney > liver > muscle > fat. The pharmacokinetics of Na-DHA followed a binomial regression model, and the half-time of Na-DHA in swine tissues was 9.07 days for kidney, 7.19 days for liver, 6.66 days for muscle, and 5.39 days for fat tissue. The accuracy of the HPLC method for Na-DHA determination ranged from 80.18% to 91.33% recovery, with coefficients of variation <6.4%, limit of detection of 0.08 mg kg-1 , and limit of quantification of 0.2 mg kg-1 .

CONCLUSION: Na-DHA included at 200 mg kg-1 in a swine diet is a safe feed additive based on residue elimination and ADI values reported. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.