Abstract
Slaughtered cattle (n = 582) from México State were bled for a serological screening of clenbuterol residues, using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Clenbuterol residues were found in a total of 153/582 (26.2%) sera analysed. These results reinforced the assumption of the illegal use of clenbuterol in cattle production in México; therefore, routine screening examinations in slaughtered cattle were strongly advised considering the toxic potential for humans.
Highlights
The clenbuterol is white, anhydrous, very soluble in water and has a highly stable dust to room temperature; its fusion point goes of 174 ̊C to 175.5 ̊C
In acute-extreme overdoses, not derived from the product ingestion with residues but a product of pharmaceuticals, an accidental overdose of the human line that contains clenbuterol, one accentuates the tachycardia, the sleepiness, the nervousness, the tremors and can have necrosis of the myocardium by diminution of the perfusion generated by the shortening of the diastole, the stage in which the irrigation of the myocardium by the coronary ones is carried out [2]-[4]
The present study was undertaken with the aim to identify the presence of clenbuterol residues in cattle at the slaughterhouse in México State, Central México
Summary
The clenbuterol is white, anhydrous, very soluble in water and has a highly stable dust to room temperature; its fusion point goes of 174 ̊C to 175.5 ̊C. How to cite this paper: Valladares-Carranza, B., et al (2014) Illegal Use of Clenbuterol in Cattle Production in México. The effects derived from the product ingestion contaminated with CCL are muscular sleepiness of the hands, tremors, muscular nervousness, and headaches.
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