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DISCOVERY OF NEW TEST TO DETECT ILLEGAL STEROIDS ABUSE IN CATTLE

DISCOVERY OF NEW TEST TO DETECT ILLEGAL STEROIDS ABUSE IN CATTLE In an effort to control the illegal use of steroids in the European beef industry, United Kingdom’s scientists reported about the development of a new test that can identify steroids. This new test has higher accuracy rate and is more convenience and much cheaper than the conventional doping tests.

Prior to the study, the European Union has banned use of growth-promoting agents in cattle. However, extensive use of steroids continues and remains difficult to detect. According to Rodat Cunningham and colleagues, mass spectrometry and gas chromatography are the two standard methods prefered for detecting steroid abuse and they involve direct measuring process. But the tests are quite expensive and cannot detect some of the new steroid hormones.

The scientists declared that this new test would measure steroids abuse in indirectly way that is based on chemical changes associated with growth and muscle development in steroid-treated cattle. With the help of a commercial blood analyzer, the researchers measured 20 chemical markers, including proteins and cholesterol, in cattle, which were treated with and without commonly used steroids over a 42-day study period.

From Science Daily:

In an effort to curb the illegal use of steroids in the European beef industry, scientists in the United Kingdom are reporting the development of a new test that can identify steroids with higher accuracy, more convenience, and less cost than conventional doping tests.

In the new study, Rodat Cunningham and colleagues note that the European Union banned use of growth-promoting agents in cattle. However, widespread abuse of steroids continues and remains difficult to detect, they say. The standard methods for detecting steroid abuse —mass spectrometry and gas chromatography — involve directly measuring these substances in cattle. But the tests are expensive and can’t detect some of the newer steroid hormones.

Result reported that the new test discovered presence of setroids with an accuracy rate of 91 to 96 percent. The study opens the door to on-site steroid testing with portable instrumentation, the researchers say.

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