Growth promoters have boosted livestock efficiency and leaner meat yields for over 30 years, but anabolic steroids and beta-agonists like ractopamine carry real risk: insufficient withdrawal periods can let contaminated meat into the food chain. That’s why hormone use in livestock is banned in the EU and tightly regulated in the US, Canada and Australia, with national monitoring programmes to enforce it.
Growth Promoter Multiple Matrix Array
The Growth Promoter Multiple Matrix Array provides labs with the multi-analyte, multi-matrix coverage required to support compliance in one screen. Testing for nine growth promoter classes simultaneously: β-Agonists (generic), Boldenone, Corticosteroids, Nandrolone, Ractopamine, Stanozolol, Stilbenes, Trenbolone and Zeranol- the kit is available for urine, feed and tissue samples.
Product Number: EV3726
| Assay | LOD (ppb) | Compound | Cross Reactivity % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beta-agonist | 0.20 (Tissue) 0.20 (Urine) | Clenbuterol* Carbuterol Brombuterol Salbutamol Methyl-clenbuterol Cimbuterol Terbutaline Mabuterol Pirbuterol Mapenterol | 100.00 104.00 88.00 70.00 20.00 54.00 22.00 41.00 15.00 113.00 |
| Boldenone | 0.50 (Tissue) 0.80 (Urine) | 17β-Boldenone* 1,4-Androstadiene-3, 17-dione 17α-Boldenone Boldenone Glucuronide | 100.00 55.00 15.00 15.00 |
| Corticosteroids | 0.40 (Tissue) 0.20 (Urine) | Dexamethasone* Flumethasone Betamethasone Dexamethasone 21 acetate Betamethasone 21 acetate | 100.00 57.00 31.00 27.00 133.00 |
| Nandrolone | 1.40 (Tissue) 2.00 (Urine) | 19-Nortestosterone (17β) Trenbolone (17β) Trenbolone acetate 19-Nor-4-Androstene,3,17-Dione 19-Nortestosterone (17a) 19-Nortestosterone (17b) sulphate 19-Nortestosterone b Glucuronide | 100.00 70.00 109.00 143.00 27.00 55.00 26.00 |
| Ractopamine | 0.30 (Tissue) 0.20 (Urine) | Ractopamine* Ractopamine hydrochloride | 100.00 100.00 |
| Stanozolol | 0.40 (Tissue) 0.40 (Urine) | Stanozolol* 16 β-hydroxystanozolol | 100.00 45.00 |
| Stilbenes | 0.90 (Tissue) 0.40 (Urine) | Hexestrol* Diethylstilbestrol Diethylstilbestrol glucuronide Dienestrol | 100.00 105.00 289.00 72.00 |
| Trenbolone | 0.10 (Tissue) 0.40 (Urine) | Trenbolone (17β)* Trenbolone (17α) | 100.00 21.00 |
| Zeranol | 0.30 (Tissue) 0.80 (Urine) | Zeranol* α-Zearalenol B-Zearalenol | 100.00 10.00 5.30 |