[Rapid detection of antimicrobial residues in slaughter animals via ATP determination].

A rapid antibiotic test was developed, based on ATP/bioluminescence, to detect antimicrobial residues in slaughter animals as early as possible. Several aspects that influence the assay were studied. For many samples of renal fluid the results of the test agreed very well with the inhibition zones obtained with the new Dutch agar diffusion test. The ATP/antibiotic test offers the possibility of detecting a wide range of antibiotics in renal fluid within 3.5 to 4 hours after receipt of the kidney samples. The detection level is comparable to that of existing agar diffusion tests.