Assessment of the Content of Fluorescent Tracer in Granular Feed Mixture

J AOAC Int. 2018 Nov 1;101(6):1752-1756. doi: 10.5740/jaoacint.17-0114. Epub 2018 May 3.

Abstract

Background: This paper describes the use of fluorescence induced by UV radiation to evaluate the share of tracer in feed mixture. Methods: For the purpose of this study, three substances were used. They are as follows: Tinopal, Rhodamine B, and Uranine. Tracer in the form of maize or kardi was added to chicken feed before the mixing process. Grains used in the process were grinded in the mill sieve with a mesh size of 4 and 6 mm. The drawn samples of the mixture were illuminated with UV radiation to make grain tracer light, and then the photo was taken with a digital camera. The acquired images were analyzed with the use of a computer program running on the RGB color model, which was the way to obtain essential information about the percentage share of tracer. Results: It was observed that, in the case of kardi grains, the proposed method gives results significantly deviating from the verification method. Conclusions: Only the tests with the use of maize having an average particle diameter of 2.4 mm and tinted with the solution of Rhodamine B led to acceptable results (consensual with the predetermined verification level).

Publication types

  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Animal Feed / analysis*
  • Animal Feed / radiation effects
  • Animals
  • Benzenesulfonates / analysis*
  • Benzenesulfonates / radiation effects
  • Carthamus tinctorius / chemistry
  • Chickens
  • Edible Grain / chemistry*
  • Fluorescein / analysis*
  • Fluorescein / radiation effects
  • Particle Size
  • Rhodamines / analysis*
  • Rhodamines / radiation effects
  • Ultraviolet Rays
  • Zea mays / chemistry

Substances

  • Benzenesulfonates
  • Rhodamines
  • Tinopal
  • rhodamine B
  • Fluorescein