Abstract:

Virginiamycin, a cyclic peptide antibiotic, is commonly used in the disease prevention and treatment of swine,
chicken and other poultry or livestocks. It can effectively increase the efficiency of feed utilization and the growth rate
of animals, but antibiotic residues in foods will cause cross-resistance between bacteria, animals and humans. Certain
antibiotics such as virginiamycin have been banned as growth promoters in the European Union since 1999. Special attention
has been paid to the application of antibiotics in animals all over the world. In this article, sample pretreatment techniques
and detection methods for virginiamycin residues in foods are summarized, the advantages and disadvantages of these
techniques are compared and the future development directions are proposed. This paper will provide a reference for the
detection and supervision of virginiamycin residues in foods.

Key words: antibiotic, virginiamycin, resistance, detection methods