| Authors |
Bartkiene, Elena ; Ruzauskas, Modestas ; Bartkevics, Vadims ; Pugajeva, Iveta ; Zavistanaviciute, Paulina ; Starkutė, Vytautė ; Zokaityte, Egle ; Lele, Vita ; Dauksiene, Agila ; Grashorn, Michael ; Hoelzle, Ludwig E ; Mendybayeva, Anara ; Ryshyanova, Raushan ; Gruzauskas, Romas |
| Abstract [eng] |
ABSTRACT In this study, the presence of antibiotics (ANB) residues was evaluated in poultry meat purchased from German and Lithuanian markets. In addition, the antimicrobial activity of thirteen lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains, two essential oils (EOs) (Thymus vulgaris and Origanum vulgare L.), and their compositions were tested for the purpose of inhibiting antibiotic-resistant Salmonella spp. ANB residues were found in 3 out of the 20 analysed poultry meat samples: sample No. 8 contained enrofloxacin (0.46 μg/kg), sample No. 14 contained both enrofloxacin and doxycycline (0.05 and 16.8 μg/kg, respectively), and sample No. 18 contained enrofloxacin (2.06 μg/kg). The maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the sum of enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin and for doxycycline in poultry muscle are 100 μg/kg. Finally, none of the tested poultry meat samples exceeded the suggested MRLs, however, the issue of ANB residues still requires monitoring of the poultry industry in Germany, Poland, and Lithuania, despite the currently established low ANB concentrations. These findings can be explained by the increased use of alternatives to ANB in the poultry industry. Our results showed that an effective alternative to ANB, which can help to reduce the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant salmonella, is a composition containing 1.0% of thyme EO and the following LAB strains: Lactobacillus plantrum LUHS122, Enteroccocus pseudoavium LUHS242, Lactobacillus casei LUHS210, Lactobacillus paracasei LUHS244, Lactobacillus plantarum LUHS135, Lactobacillus coryniformins LUHS71, and Lactobacillus uvarum LUHS245, which can be recommended for poultry industry as components of feed or for the treatment of surfaces, in order to control the contamination with Salmonella strains. However, it should be mentioned that most of the tested LAB strains were inhibited by thyme EO at the concentrations of 0.5 and 1.0%, except for LUHS122, LUHS210, and LUHS245. Finally, it can be noted that the agents responsible for the inhibitory effect on Salmonella are not the viable LAB strains but rather their metabolites, and further studies are needed to identify which metabolites are the most important. |
