Biological Safety of Camel Milk After Albendazole and Ivermectin Treatment
Konuspayeva G. Bilal Z. Akhmetsadykov N. Akhmetsadykova S. Musyaev Z. Amutova F. Kabdullina Z. Utemuratova D. Faye B.
December 2025Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Veterinary Sciences
2025#12Issue 12
The problem of Albendazole and Ivermectin medicine residues in milk is a current question in food safety. With no data being available, the present study aimed to assess the risk of antiparasitic residues in camel milk after injection at curative dose. For the experiment, 10 camels were allocated to two groups, treated with Albendazole and Ivermectin, respectively; milk samples were taken every day for the first 4 days, then approximately every 2 weeks for 6 months. In addition, blood samples were taken for the Albendazole group. The samples were analysed by HPLC. On average, for Albendazole, the maximum concentration appeared on day 2 (52 ± 65.2 µg/mL) and day 48 (50 ± 63.1 µg/mL). After 210 days, the residues remained at around 11 µg/mL (MRL = 0.1 µg/mL). The kinetic assessment in the blood samples showed a slight shift in relation to that of milk during the first days of the experiment, but there was no significant difference between them. For Ivermectin, only one peak appeared on day 101 (0,96 ± 1,19 µg/mL), and after 172 days, the mean concentration was still 0.12 µg/mL (MRL = 0.01 µg/mL). The persistence of the residues for a long time after injection leads us to consider that specific guidelines should be proposed for ensuring the safety of camel milk.
Albendazole , antiparasitic treatment , biosafety , camel milk , Ivermectin
Text of the article Перейти на текст статьи
Biotechnology Department, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 71 Al-Farabi Avenue, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
LLP “Scientific and Production Enterprise Antigen”, 4, Azerbayeva Str., Almaty, 040905, Kazakhstan
LLP “Kazakh Research Institute for Livestock and Fodder Production”, Almaty, 050035, Kazakhstan
Center of International Cooperation on Agriculture Research for Development–CIRAD, UMR SELMET, Campus International de Baillarguet, Montpellier, 34398, France
Biotechnology Department
LLP “Scientific and Production Enterprise Antigen”
LLP “Kazakh Research Institute for Livestock and Fodder Production”
Center of International Cooperation on Agriculture Research for Development–CIRAD
10 лет помогаем публиковать статьи Международный издатель
Книга Публикация научной статьи Волощук 2026 Book Publication of a scientific article 2026